Job : a man of heroic endurance / profiles in character from Charles R. Swindoll.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Swindoll, Charles R. Great lives from God's Word ; v. 7.Publication details: Nashville, Tenn. : W Pub. Group, 2004.Description: xv, 371 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0849913896
  • 9780849913891
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS 580 .J5 .S95 2004
Contents:
Setting the stage for disaster -- Reeling and recovering from devastating news -- Satan vs. Job ... round two -- Job's advice to husbands and friends -- The mournful wail of a miserable man -- Responding to bad counsel -- Continuing the verbal fistfight -- When rebuke and resistance collide -- Graceless words for a grieving man -- Reassuring hope for the assaulted and abused -- Responding wisely when falsely accused -- How to handle criticism with class -- The futility of unscrewing the inscrutable -- A recommitment to things that matter -- The passionate testimony of an innocent man -- Another long-winded monologue -- A penetrating reproof from the Almighty -- Full repentance for all the right reasons -- Finally ... justice rolls down -- And Job lived happily ever after...or did he? -- What Job teaches us about ourselves -- What job teaches us about our God.
Summary: The trials of Job are legendary. But not many people truly understand what those trials were all about and what God was trying to accomplish through them. In his trademark warm and insightful style, Swindoll helps readers understand the key to developing heroic endurance.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection BS 580 .J5 .S95 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98650650

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-371).

Setting the stage for disaster -- Reeling and recovering from devastating news -- Satan vs. Job ... round two -- Job's advice to husbands and friends -- The mournful wail of a miserable man -- Responding to bad counsel -- Continuing the verbal fistfight -- When rebuke and resistance collide -- Graceless words for a grieving man -- Reassuring hope for the assaulted and abused -- Responding wisely when falsely accused -- How to handle criticism with class -- The futility of unscrewing the inscrutable -- A recommitment to things that matter -- The passionate testimony of an innocent man -- Another long-winded monologue -- A penetrating reproof from the Almighty -- Full repentance for all the right reasons -- Finally ... justice rolls down -- And Job lived happily ever after...or did he? -- What Job teaches us about ourselves -- What job teaches us about our God.

The trials of Job are legendary. But not many people truly understand what those trials were all about and what God was trying to accomplish through them. In his trademark warm and insightful style, Swindoll helps readers understand the key to developing heroic endurance.

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