Good and Bad Advice by Chuck Swindoll Job 3:1-26 Every person reading this chapter has been the recipient of bad advice. You listened as someone gave it to you. You followed the counsel you received and then suffered the consequences. We have all benefited from someone’s good advice too. WeRead More …

Expressing Grief by Chuck Swindoll Job 3:1-26 There are days too dark for the sufferer to see light. That’s where Job is as we end this chapter. Unfortunately, his so-called friends will not bring him any relief. Like Job, you may not have seen light for a long time either.Read More …

Words of Comfort by Chuck Swindoll Job 3:1-26 In the early 1960s when a Christian suffered from a depression that resulted in Job’s kind of thinking and candid admission, you never said so publicly. You swallowed your sorrow. The first book I read on this subject, covering emotional turmoil andRead More …

Raw Reality by Chuck Swindoll Job 3:1-26 If Job’s story were made into a movie and your family had rented it for tonight, when you came to this part of the story you’d fast-forward; you wouldn’t want your children to watch. It’s not only unedited, it’s raw and borderline heretical!Read More …

God’s Presence in Suffering by Chuck Swindoll Job 2:11-13 The book of Job is not only a witness to the dignity of suffering and God’s presence in our suffering, but it’s also our primary biblical protest against religion that has been reduced to explanations or “answers.” Many of the answersRead More …

Without Asking by Chuck Swindoll Job 2:11-13 Friends care enough to come without being asked to come. No one sent a message saying to Eliphaz and Bildad and Zophar, “Would you please come and bring a little sympathy and comfort for Job? The man is dying in this crucible ofRead More …

Complete Acceptance by Chuck Swindoll Job 2:10 Because we’ve lived with our wives over the years and have become extremely comfortable around them, we tend to be unguarded in our words. Wives usually get the brunt of our worst words. Since this is true, let’s agree today that we willRead More …

Truth Spoken in Love by Chuck Swindoll Job 2:10 I’m impressed that Job listened to the words of his wife. He pondered them, he considered them, he turned them over in his mind. He neither misunderstood nor ignored her. He heard what she said, and he didn’t interrupt her asRead More …

Wait and Watch by Chuck Swindoll Job 2:10 Job’s response to his wife’s suggestion that he curse God and die is magnificent. “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks” (Job 2:10). Hats off to the old patriarch! In his weakened condition, sitting there in the misery of allRead More …

A Plea for Understanding by Chuck Swindoll Job 2:1-9 I want to confess that for too long in my ministry I took unfair advantage of Job’s wife, especially since she was not present to defend herself. I think it was probably due to immaturity on my part. Furthermore, I hadn’tRead More …