All due respect to Job's friend, Bill, but in telling Job to take a backward glance to the past he has chosen to be carefully selective in his stated evidence so as to justify his simplistic conclusion. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 8. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my life journey, I have learned that I can brood with the best of brooders. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 7. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

There is always more to the story.... A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 6. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In reading the last half of Job's friend, Eli's, first discourse about Job's suffering, it felt kind of slimy from a relational human perspective. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 5. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Do good, receive presents. Be naughty, reap coal. It's the "Santa Clause." We feed it to our children, and it sticks with us as adults. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 4. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

When Job finally speaks, the first thing he does is curse his birthday. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 3. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Despite his agony, Job refuses to do abandon God or curse him. He asks his wife another one of the big questions that resonate throughout the entire story, and that resonates with me in my own life: “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 2. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

My previous journeys through Job reveal it to be a story that asks big, challenging life questions that test the human limitations of understanding. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 1. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I know, contentment isn't as inspiring as moving mountains, but to my mind it might be more difficult. A chapter-a-day podcast from Philippians 4. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

All of my earthbound blessings, achievements, status, and possessions are eternally worthless in God's economy. A chapter-a-day podcast from Philippians 3. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.