Job has finally arrived to the Mt. Everest of his faith and his theology. The only words he wants inscribed with an iron tool in lead are these words before us today. The twins push back against the critics and any claim that these words are not about Christ and his resurrection. They rejoice with the disciples on the road to Emmaus that the one in whom Job hoped has come!

Job responds to the accusations of the friends, but not just to the friends. He actually takes his pain to God in a special kind of prayer called lament. The twins lament the lack of lament in the church and in the lives of the sufferer, but more than that, the twins ask the listeners to pray daring prayers to the Father who has brought them to himself in Christ.

Job has already said that he’d rather rest in hell than continue on with his current condition - a ridiculous thing to say. Job’s friends are moved to speak into this untruth and misery. In this podcast, the twins characterize the friends, criticize their approach and theology, and then, finally, they look at what it means to be a good friend to the sufferer.

Finally, after an almost deafening seven day silence, Job opens his mouth. He has lost all decorum and inhibition as he begins to curse, calling for the undoing of God’s creation. The twins lament Job’s great lament, moving towards what it means for a believer to grieve and suffer through Word and prayer.

Job has three good friends. Right when Job needed them most, they show up in his life to sit with him in the ashes. All of this sparks a discussion between the twins about the nature of true friendship today. Are friends too disposable to us? Do we even have friends who will show up in the hard times? Most of all, the twins remember that Jesus is a true friend indeed. None of us is alone in our suffering.

The twins plunge into one of the most iconic images in the entire Bible. They observe from a distance Job’s suffering that is hard to imagine. They describe a Satanic temptation to curse God and die in the middle of this pain. When it all ends, Satan scuttles off like a crab never to be named in the book again. Listen in for the devastating accusations that Satan makes against humanity and also the final victory won for us in Christ. It’s all right here in Job chapter two.

There is a a great accusation made against the human being. It is this: that humans don’t really love the Giver, but the gifts. It’s an accusation that comes a bit close to home, but one that is simply not true of Job. Listen in as he worships at the funerals of his ten children and praises the name of the Lord after tremendous loss.

There are some events in life that are marked by a before and after. The twins dig into pre-trauma Job’s life. There is more to Job than just his riches and his large family. Did Job have a happy marital life? What about the hard-partying lifestyle of his children? These and other questions are explored. Finally, the twins rejoice in the saving work of Jesus which sets us free to parent and pray like never before!

Most scholars and churches today take the teeth right out of the book of Job by calling Job nothing but a legend. Is that the real truth that Job fits in more with Frodo and unicorns than our own lives? The twins understand where such claims come from, but go on a bit of a rant about why Job must be understood as a real, deal human being.

The Notable Podcast is back with a new season. The Bourman twins are also back! It is time write notes in the margins of the book of Job. We’ve got about a million reasons why you’ll want to take this journey with us. We’re just like newborn babies opening our eyes to the book of Job. Light will flood in. Listen in!