Suffering, Sovereignty, and the Book of Job

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Anthony Selvaggio joins Carl and Todd today. He’s the pastor of Rochester Christian Reformed Church in NY, as well as a conference speaker and author. Considering Job: Reconciling Sovereignty and Suffering is the title of Anthony’s most recent book, and the topic of our conversation. The book of Job is one of the most complex found in Scripture, in part for its paradoxical nature in dealing with suffering. Anthony shares why he believes we should know this book well. Job brings to our attention questions about Satan and his activity in a way that is unlike most other books of the Bible. Does Scripture promise earthly well-being to those who do good and earthly discomforts for those who do evil? How do we make sense of what happened to Job? We are giving away a few copies of Considering Job, Reconciling Sovereignty and Suffering. Register for the opportunity to win one. The copies are a generous gift from our friends at Reformation Heritage Books.

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0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
0:04.6	Listen for more at the conclusion of today's program.
0:32.1	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:40.1	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Let's join this week's conversation.
0:59.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin. My name's Carl Truman. I'm Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College in beautiful western Pennsylvania.
1:10.0	I'm here with my friend Todd Pruitt, PCA pastor, at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the equally beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Indeed.
1:10.9	And today we have a special guest.
1:13.0	I've known our guest today, actually,
1:15.1	for I think only three weeks less
1:18.1	than my entire time in the United States.
1:20.9	I emigrated in August 2001 with my wife
1:25.1	to teach at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia.
1:30.1	And on the Sunday after 9-11, my wife attended a reformed Presbyterian church in Elkins Park,
1:39.9	just outside Philadelphia, now pasted, I think, by John Edgar.
1:47.4	And there was a young student from RPTS, Reform Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Barry, I've mentioned you again. Notice
1:53.7	reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. You do exist. We do approve of you. Great seminary.
1:58.8	A little free advert for Barry York there. A student from
2:03.0	RPTS was preaching. Now, that's a difficult Sunday to preach on. A nation that had just experienced
2:09.3	its, well, what might say, mainland vulnerability from terrorists for the first time in its history.
2:18.1	For somebody to preach on that Sunday, that's a tough call, particularly if you're still a student.
2:23.4	It was an excellent sermon.
2:24.6	I seemed to remember it was on a psalm.
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