The biblical story of Job is one of the deepest and most challenging stories in the Bible. It does not give easy answers, and it does not pretend that suffering is simple or fair. Instead, it explores ...
In 1863 the Confederate Army was “flushed with victory.” Throughout the summer of that year, the Union had been taking brutal losses. The cost in human lives was high. “Sometimes it looked,” Elizabeth ...
When I tell people that Job is my favorite book in the Hebrew Bible, I get one of two responses. Either people’s faces light up and they affirm this with an enthusiastic “yes!” or they take two steps ...