Reasoning Through the Bible

In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 29–30, Reasoning Through the Bible follows Job as he looks back on the better days before his suffering began. He remembers a time when he felt protected by God, surrounded by family, respected in society, and listened to by others. This session explores how suffering can make the past look brighter, the present look darker, and the soul feel abandoned. 

This study also addresses an important spiritual issue: Job is not only suffering, he is becoming deeply focused on himself. The discussion highlights how pride, nostalgia, and pain can combine to distort both our view of God and our view of ourselves. It also considers how wealth and success can become spiritual tests just as much as suffering can. 

In chapter 30, Job turns from honored memories to public shame. The people he once thought beneath him now mock him, spit on him, and hold him in contempt. This episode shows how quickly human reputation can change, why believers must care more about what God thinks than what people think, and how Christians can remain grounded when life feels upside down. 

Topics in this episode include:

•  Job 29 explained 
•  Job 30 explained 
•  when God feels absent 
•  remembering God’s past faithfulness 
•  pride and suffering 
•  nostalgia and distorted perspective 
•  wealth as a spiritual test 
•  reputation and rejection 
•  focusing on God instead of self 

Reasoning Through the Bible is a verse-by-verse Bible teaching ministry committed to careful exposition, biblical context, and faithful application.

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 27:13–23 and Job 28:1–28, Reasoning Through the Bible explores two connected truths: wealth cannot protect the wicked forever, and true wisdom cannot be found or bought in the world. Job first describes how evil people may gather riches for a time, but in the end they leave everything behind and face the justice of God. 

The study then turns to one of the most beautiful chapters in the book of Job. Job 28 describes mankind digging deep into the earth for silver, gold, iron, and precious stones, then asks a far greater question: where can wisdom be found? The answer is not in wealth, not in education alone, and not in the world’s systems. True wisdom comes from God. 

This session highlights the difference between knowledge and wisdom, explains why half-truth theology is still dangerous, and ends with one of the clearest biblical statements on the subject: “The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom.” This is a rich and practical episode for anyone seeking godly understanding in a world obsessed with money, status, and information. 

Topics in this episode include:

•  Job 27 explained 
•  Job 28 explained 
•  wealth and the wicked 
•  why riches do not last 
•  half-truth theology 
•  where wisdom comes from 
•  God’s wisdom in creation 
•  knowledge versus wisdom 
•  the fear of the Lord 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job chapters 26 and 27, Reasoning Through the Bible reaches one of the most majestic descriptions of God in the entire book. After exposing how little help his friends have really been, Job turns to the greatness of the Lord and describes God’s power over creation, the grave, the seas, the clouds, and the heavens. This session explores why God’s control over the universe gives believers reason to trust Him even in painful suffering. 

This study also follows Job into chapter 27, where he insists that he will not curse God or deny Him, even while still struggling to understand what God is doing. The discussion highlights a powerful lesson for suffering believers: when life makes no sense, the answer is not to walk away from God, but to stay faithful to Him and seek wisdom from Him. 

At the same time, the episode also notes one of Job’s weaknesses. While Job is right that his suffering is not punishment for secret sin, he still becomes defensive and prideful in the way he wants to argue his case before God. This session therefore balances trust in God’s sovereignty with the need for humility before the Lord. 

Topics in this episode include:

•  Job 26 explained 
•  Job 27 explained 
•  God’s power over creation 
•  trusting God in suffering 
•  why free advice often fails 
•  God’s control over the universe 
•  staying faithful when life hurts 
•  pride and humility before God 
•  why believers should not walk away 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job chapters 24 and 25, Reasoning Through the Bible tackles one of the hardest questions in Scripture and in life: if God is good and all-powerful, why doesn’t He stop evil right now? Job describes a world full of brutal injustice—people exploiting the poor, harming widows and orphans, stealing, murdering, and committing evil under the cover of darkness—while God appears patient and silent. 

This study explains why God’s patience should not be mistaken for indifference. Scripture teaches that the Lord is long-suffering, giving time for repentance, but final justice is still coming. The episode also explores slavery and debt in the ancient world, the cruelty of human sinfulness, and why the problem of evil has been with humanity since the earliest pages of Scripture. 

The session then turns to Job 25, where Bildad asks a profound question: How can a human being be righteous before God? That question points directly to the gospel. On our own, no one can stand just before the holy God, but in Jesus Christ sinners can be justified by faith and declared righteous before Him. 

Topics in this episode include:

•  Job 24 explained 
•  Job 25 explained 
•  the problem of evil 
•  why God allows evil 
•  God’s patience and delayed judgment 
•  final judgment in the Bible 
•  human sinfulness 
•  how can man be righteous before God 
•  justified by faith in Christ 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 23:11–17 and Job 24:1–8, Reasoning Through the Bible continues through Job’s response by focusing on one of the most practical biblical pictures for the Christian life: walking in God’s ways. Job says his foot has held fast to the Lord’s path, and this session explores what it means to walk steadily, daily, and faithfully with God even in suffering. 

This study also highlights God’s uniqueness, His unchangeable nature, and the truth that He has a purpose and destiny for His people. It explains why the fear of God is not terror in the sense of panic, but awe before the infinitely majestic Creator. The episode then turns to Job 24, where Job describes evil people stealing, oppressing, and hurting the weak while seeming to get away with it for a time. 

The discussion addresses why the wicked sometimes appear to prosper, what the Bible teaches about the sinful nature of man, and how Christians should avoid being drawn into the same kind of ugly, emotional arguments that grew between Job and his friends. This is a deeply practical episode about holy living, human depravity, patience, and Christian conduct in a fallen world. 

Topics in this episode include:

•  Job 23 explained 
•  Job 24 explained 
•  walking in God’s ways 
•  God’s unchangeable nature 
•  destiny and purpose in Christ 
•  fear of God as awe 
•  why the wicked prosper 
•  human sinfulness 
•  avoiding ugly church arguments 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 22–23:10, Reasoning Through the Bible continues through one of the most emotionally charged sections in the book of Job. Eliphaz no longer merely suspects Job of hidden sin. He now invents specific accusations, claiming Job must have mistreated the poor, widows, and orphans. This session explores the danger of letting emotion turn assumptions into slander.

This study also examines the false theology behind Eliphaz’s message. He tells Job, in effect, that if he would just repent and return to God, then God would restore his wealth and prosperity. That sounds very much like modern prosperity teaching, and this episode shows why that message is deeply unbiblical and pastorally destructive.

The second half of the session turns to Job 23, where Job longs to find God and present his case before Him. He cannot see God, cannot hear Him, and feels that the Lord is distant. Yet even there, the discussion reminds listeners that God is not absent, and that believers can always hear from Him through His Word.

Topics in this episode include:

•  Job 22 explained 
•  Job 23 explained 
•  false accusations in Christian arguments 
•  emotional reasoning and church conflict 
•  prosperity theology corrected 
•  wealth and righteousness 
•  when God feels silent 
•  longing to find God 
•  hearing God through Scripture 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 20:8–29 and Job 21:1–34, Reasoning Through the Bible continues through the book of Job by examining Zophar’s harsh accusations and Job’s powerful response. Zophar argues that Job’s poverty and suffering must prove wickedness, but Job pushes back and says what many believers have wondered for centuries: why do the wicked sometimes prosper?

This session explains why wealth and poverty do not prove whether a person is righteous or evil, why prosperity preaching and class-based theology both fail, and how Job rejects Zophar’s simplistic system. The discussion also touches on how Christians should care for the poor, why some wicked people appear to live safely and successfully, and why final justice is still certain even when it does not come immediately. 

The episode also addresses hard questions about hell, God’s patience, and the danger of offering empty comfort to the suffering. Job’s friends have stopped helping and have become accusers. Job 20–21 reminds listeners that truth must be joined to compassion and that God’s long-suffering should not be confused with indifference to evil. 

Topics in this episode include:

•  Job 20 explained 
•  Job 21 explained 
•  why the wicked prosper 
•  wealth and poverty in the Bible 
•  prosperity gospel errors 
•  helping the poor as Christians 
•  final judgment and hell 
•  why empty comfort fails 
•  how to speak to the suffering 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 19:23–29, Reasoning Through the Bible reaches one of the most powerful declarations in the entire book of Job. After chapters of pain, confusion, and deep emotional struggle, Job plants his feet firmly and says, “I know that my Redeemer lives.” This session explores why that statement matters so much and how it reveals Job’s enduring faith even when everything around him has fallen apart. 

This study explains the meaning of the kinsman-redeemer, how Job expected a Redeemer to stand on the earth in the latter days, and why this passage points toward Jesus Christ as the one who redeems His people. It also examines Job’s belief in bodily resurrection and his confidence that even after death he would see God for himself. 

The second half of the session highlights Job’s warning that final judgment is real and then introduces Zophar’s second speech, where Job’s friend responds with more legalism, harsher accusations, and deeper insult. The episode becomes a contrast between living hope in God and the failure of graceless theology. 

Topics in this episode include:

•  Job 19:23–29 explained 
•  my Redeemer lives 
•  the kinsman-redeemer in the Bible 
•  Jesus as Redeemer 
•  bodily resurrection in Job 
•  faith in suffering 
•  final judgment 
•  Zophar’s legalism 
•  why believers must hold on to God 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of the second part of Job chapter 19, Reasoning Through the Bible examines a painful but familiar problem in Christian communities: what happens when suffering becomes everyone else’s theological business. Job’s friends believe they are helping by trying to expose hidden sin, but instead they torment him, crush him with their words, and turn his pain into a public debate. 

This session explores when Christians should mind their own business, when sin should actually be confronted, and how the process of Matthew 18 protects people from gossip, false accusations, and public humiliation. The study shows why Job’s friends were wrong: they had no evidence of actual sin, no compassion for Job’s suffering, and no willingness to remain silent when silence would have been wiser. 

The latter half of the episode turns to Job’s emotional collapse as he describes himself abandoned, shamed, and treated as an enemy. Even there, the transcript gives practical wisdom for the church today: suffering people do not need trite sayings or theological debates. They need presence, prayer, humility, and genuine compassion. 

Topics in this episode include:

•  Job 19 explained 
•  when sin becomes everyone’s business 
•  gossip in the church 
•  Matthew 18 and church discipline 
•  when to confront sin 
•  when to stay quiet 
•  Job’s isolation and despair 
•  why blaming God is dangerous 
•  what real help sounds like 

Reasoning Through the Bible is a verse-by-verse Bible teaching ministry committed to careful exposition, biblical context, and faithful application.

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In this special interview episode of Reasoning Through the Bible, Ashley Glader shares a deeply moving Christian testimony of suffering, grief, and hope in Jesus Christ. Her story includes the murder of her brother at Columbine, the death of her son after severe medical complications, and the later loss of another brother to cancer. Through each tragedy, she wrestled with pain, asked hard questions, and learned what it means to keep holding on to God even when life no longer makes sense. 

This episode speaks directly to listeners who are walking through grief, wrestling with why God allows suffering, or wondering whether faith can survive repeated heartbreak. The conversation explores the book of Job, the problem of evil, the hiddenness of God, and the difference between shallow religious answers and real biblical hope. It also offers practical wisdom for how to help suffering people without making their pain worse. 

Ashley shares how tragedy can either drive people away from God or draw them closer to Him, why heaven and eternity matter more after deep loss, and how believers can still say that God is good even when they do not understand what He is doing. This is an honest, compassionate, and hope-filled discussion for anyone who has ever asked, “Why?” and still wants to trust Christ. 

Topics in this episode include:

•  Christian testimony through suffering 
•  Columbine and family loss 
•  grief after losing a child 
•  why God allows suffering 
•  when God feels distant 
•  how to comfort the grieving 
•  wrestling with prayer in tragedy 
•  heaven, eternity, and hope 
•  keep going through the pain 

Reasoning Through the Bible is a verse-by-verse Bible teaching ministry committed to careful exposition, biblical context, and faithful application.

You can find out more about Ashley at ashleyglader.com 

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