The Joy of Job: An Investigator's Perspective on the Most Righteous Man on Earth - Softcover

Vander Weele, Maribeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1732240817 ISBN 13: 9781732240810

Verlag: SAGERITY PR LLC, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

The Old Testament story of Job has confounded followers of God throughout the ages. Perplexingly, God enters into a pact with the devil to test Job's loyalty, resulting in cataclysmic losses for this righteous man of antiquity. Job clings to his faith, winning worldwide renown for his perseverance and patience.The traditional interpretation of Job's journey is that even the most righteous man on earth could suffer without reason. Left unsaid is the unnerving sense that Job was the victim of a cruel cosmic battle.The Joy of Job builds a remarkable case for a new interpretation of this ancient mystery. Using exacting Biblical exegesis, it challenges the belief that Job was righteous and that the Lord was capricious in allowing him to suffer. The book offers sacred lessons about self-examination, religious pride, and discerning leadership. Surprisingly, the book of Job emerges as one of the greatest stories of repentance and restoration ever told.

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Maribeth Vander Weele is founder of the Vander Weele Group, a Chicago-based firm that provides investigative services and compliance monitoring, domestically and abroad. She was an award-winning investigative reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times before joining the Chicago Public Schools as a key member of the 1995 turnaround team and serving subsequently as its Inspector General. Maribeth has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Monthly, Christianity Today, Teacher Magazine, Extraordinary Ordinary Women Making a Difference, American School Board Journal, and elsewhere. She has lectured for the World Bank, Harvard University, the Association of Inspectors General, the National Business Roundtable, the National Association of Local Government Auditors, the Illinois CPA Society, the Education Writers Association, multiple Christian colleges, and in many other venues. She is a graduate of Wheaton College and a member of Christ Church in Oak Brook, Illinois.

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"The Joy of Job makes a remarkable contribution to Biblical studies, theology, and pastoral care. With compelling logic and convincing Biblical exegesis, it presents the case for an alternate viewpoint into the meaning of Job's journey. The author's grasp of the anatomy and activity of human pride is enormously relevant to our times. After reading this book, Job makes sense to me in a way it never did before." --The Rev. Dr. Daniel Meyer, Senior Pastor, Christ Church of Oak Brook, Illinois; board member of Fuller Theological Seminary; an author, and contributor to Christianity Today's Preaching Today "This is such an impressive study and very relevant in the consideration of leadership in these disordered times. The book is a clarion call to consider Job in a new way." --Dr. Myrna Grant, Professor Emerita, Wheaton College Graduate School, author of 18 books including Vanya, a classic that inspired millions "Twenty five years as a federal investigator gives me a profound appreciation for the author's investigative approach, which reveals powerful truths that have been obscured by centuries of passive reading of the Book of Job. This book leaves one in a state of honest self-examination." --Mark Lundgren, Co-Founder of Secure Church, a national church security ministry "This unique investigative approach to the book of Job opened my eyes to much that I had missed. The Joy of Job chronicles indictment, defense pleadings, and witness statements--from Satan, from Job, his friends, and his God. Pick it up; engage the argument. You'll be blessed with a new grasp of the gospel!" --The Rev. Dr. John Sittema, retired President and Chief Executive Officer of WorldServe Ministries, Pastor for 39 years, a Visiting Lecturer in Practical Theology for Reformed Theological Seminary, and author of two books "In a brilliant study, Maribeth Vander Weele challenges us to look behind the curtain to see a side of Job we may never have considered." --The Rev. David Freshour, Senior Pastor of Chevy Chase Baptist Church, Washington, DC

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGERITY PR LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1732240817
• ISBN 13: 9781732240810
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Vander Wey Susan
• Anzahl der Seiten: 138
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