Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 6 - The Speech of Elihu (16:57)
Elihu, the last human participant in the debate with Job, appears in chapter 32. His speeches take up the next six &nbs... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 7 - God's Appearance and Job's Response (21:44)
In the end, God finally spoke, but not in a manner anticipated by Job or his friends. Along the way, Job desired ... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 1 - The Testing of Job's Faith (22:01)
The life of Job is one of the best-known stories in the Old Testament. The book opens with a description of an &n... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 2 - Job's Anguished Search for Answers (19:49)
Job refused to curse God forthrightly, but he came close to doing so by cursing the day of his birth. His intense... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 3 - Do the Wicked Really Suffer? (16:38)
The second round of speeches by Job and his friends begins in chapter 15. The friends’ perspective on the root ca... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 4 - Seek God's Wisdom in Suffering (16:39)
Job 28, the "wisdom chapter," is distinct from the rest of the book. The chapter serves an important purpose as an &nbs... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 5 - A Blameless Life (22:44)
In the book's Introduction Job is described as a "blameless and upright man who feared God". In the debate with his &nb... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 8 - The Emptiness of Life Apart from God (21:53)
In Ecclesiastes we encounter the ponderings of a wisdom teacher (traditionally identified as Solomon) concerning the harsh realities &nbs... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 9 - Probing Life Questions (17:35)
Today’s lesson covers selected passages in three different chapters of Ecclesiastes. Each of the passages offers wisdom in re... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 10 - Warnings Concerning Wealth (14:53)
In 1 Timothy 6, Paul warns of the "love of money", yet he also states that God richly supplies us with all ... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 11 - Wisdom For Life (17:07)
Ecclesiastes 7-8 carries the theme of man’s inability to discover the plan of God in the face of life’s complexit... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 12 - Wisdom in Light of Life's Uncertainties (16:46)
The theme of wisdom for daily living expounded in chapters 7-8 continues in chapters 9-11. How should one live in light... more
Job and Ecclesiastes Lesson 13 - The Conclusion of the Matter (16:17)
Throughout the book of Ecclesiastes the author has examined "life under the sun." Many observations have been made concerning ... more
