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I'm going to tackle some of the most difficult, challenging, faith-related questions today.

It's time for the Line of Fire with your host, biblical scholar and cultural commentator Dr. Michael Brown,

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Dr. Michael Brown. Hey, friends, thanks for joining us on the line of fire today. Where we tackle

your questions, you've got questions, we've got answers. Most Fridays, phone lines are open,

and they're ringing the entire show with your best questions, Bible theology, and you name it. Today, we are responding to questions that were posted yesterday on Facebook and Twitter. So don't post them now because we've got many, many questions to get to. I'm going to get through as many as I can as concisely as I can,

but those that require more attention and detail,

I'll do my best to give that as well.

So don't call in, sit back, enjoy the broadcast.

I'm going to start over on Twitter. And let's just see if I can

scroll down to see which some of the first ones posted were. Let's see. J.M.D. posted this on

Twitter. No matter the explanation, the story of Job is never satisfying.

Israelites being told to leave nobody alive, man, woman, child, or animals, God's absence

on earth, problem of suffering. That's a bunch and big ones. I did address on yesterday's

broadcast the profoundly difficult question of not just the sort of the Canaanites, but of Canaanite children and babies.

We address that at some length on yesterday's broadcast, and in my book, Has God Failed You, I addressed that as well.

As for Job, I beg to differ. I think the story is extraordinarily satisfying and powerful and moving.

And as I say in my commentary on Job, Job interprets you, more than you interpret Job.

It's a humbling and overwhelming book, but God put in the word for the whole world to see

that sometimes inexplicable things happen to the righteous.

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