This episode of Pneumatikos will explore the power of power to impose its state sanctioned interpretation upon our grief and suffering.  Job remains steadfast in his heart not to give up the fight to maintain his spiritual integrity.

The cause of Job's suffering is subjected to the apriori deductions of his friends.  Although they do not have a complete picture of Job's case they have nevertheless superimposed culturally sanctioned models upon what they believe to be his psychodynamic story.

This episode of Pneumatikos will explore the power of apriori (theoretical deduction) to miss the intrinsic poignancy of the empirical.  Job's "friends" chose to fit him into their respective causal models instead of considering him as a precious human document.

Job was a believer who knew the powerful tension of worship and acute distress.  Through trauma and grief he found a way to remain faithful to God while suffering crushing affliction.  Is there a message here for us today?

This episode of Pneumatikos will explore Job's resolve when faced with reversal of fortune in his blameless and upright life.  Job was an experimental witness to exquisite tension of theodicy, human suffering, and the freedom of God.

This episode of Pneumatikos will explore the powerful Job narrative.  The Job narrative is the oldest book of the Old Testament. It is older than the Genesis material. The Job narrative joins two primal themes of existence together which are the mystery of suffering and the freedom of Yahweh-Elohim.

This episode of Pneumatikos will explore the power of perseverance in life.  It is always to soon to quit. If you want something bad enough you must be tough enough to get it.

This episode of Pneumatikos will explore the way to life.  It is through the Iesous that one way come to experiential awareness of life infused with meaning.  We live in a time in which the Cult of the Absurd has blurred the path to life.

This episode of Pneumatikos will explore the reality of the crucifixion of the Ego (self), and the new life(zoe) in Christ.

This episode of Pneumatikos will explore Yahweh's relational name for His people.  It is through the "I Am That I Am" name that access is granted into Yahweh's dynamic milieu.