In today’s episode of Lifespring! One Year Bible Rewind, Steve Webb reads Job 23–24 and reflects on the tension between deep trust in God and a healthy reverence for His majesty. Job longs to make his case before God, confident that the Lord would listen, yet overwhelmed by the weight of who God is. These…
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In this episode of Lifespring! One Year Bible Rewind, we read Job chapters 21 and 22, where Job challenges the idea that suffering is always the result of sin and rejects the promise of easy answers. This episode explores why life often feels unfair, how Scripture confronts shallow explanations of suffering, and why trusting God…
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Context: Today is Christmas Day, and we are reading Job 19–20. It might not feel like a “typical” Christmas passage, but it delivers a Christmas-sized truth: hope is not a mood. Hope is a Person. Today’s Episode Job is worn down by loss, misunderstanding, and pain. The people who should have comforted him have become…
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In today’s Lifespring! One Year Bible Rewind, we sit with Job in one of the most painful moments of his story.His suffering is deep, but what cuts even deeper is the realization that the friends who once came to comfort him have nowbecome his critics. This episode reminds us what it looks like to remain…
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Today’s Reading: Job 13–14 Episode Title: Trusting God When Life Feels Unfair Welcome to another episode of the Lifespring! One Year Bible Rewind. Today we walk with Job through two deeply emotional chapters—chapters filled with honest questions, raw pain, and a longing for answers that seem just out of reach. If you’ve ever felt like…
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When Suffering Does Not Make Sense Today’s Reading Job 7–8. You can read these chapters at BibleGateway. Overview Job continues speaking from a place of deep suffering. His life feels like hard service with no rest. He questions his purpose, and he cries out to God with honest words. Many people have felt this kind…
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When the Hedge Is Gone — Job 1–2 In this episode of Lifespring! One Year Bible Rewind, Steve Webb reads Job 1–2 from the NIV and explores one of Scripture’s most dramatic confrontations. First, Satan challenges Job’s motives. Then God permits a test that exposes genuine devotion. Consequently, Job’s worship rises even as his world…
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Transcript Today’s Bible Translation Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 41-42 CEV Podcast Introduction It’s Poetry Thursday, and we’ll complete the book of Job with the reading of chapters 41-42. I’m calling this episode “God’s Servant.” Comments on Job 41-42 Alexander Maclaren wrote in his “Expositions of Holy Scripture” “The close of the book…
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Spiritual training should begin young. In chapter 3:27, Jeremiah says, “It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.”
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S3E053-Job 15-16: Miserable Comforters
Miserable Comforters Today’s reading brings us deeper into the dialogue between Job and his friends, and it is not a pleasant exchange. Words that should have healed instead wounded. As we read Job 15 and 16, we see how quickly well-meaning people can misjudge a situation and add pain where compassion is needed. This episode…
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