Why Do Good People Suffer?

Why They Did That

WTDT Studios

Religion & Spirituality, History, Bible Stories, Religion, Bible, Christianity, Education

5.0 • 572 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered why there’s so much suffering in the world, especially if there is a seemingly benevolent, all-powerful God that watches over us all? Karl & Dean take the story of Job—a man who’s sufferings were extensive to say the least—and peer behind the curtain into the great cosmic conflict in search of answers.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone.
0:02.3	Our greatest desire is that this podcast would make you more excited about studying the Bible.
0:07.6	So we encourage all to come to their own conclusions based on a personal study of God's word
0:11.7	regarding the subjects being discussed.
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0:31.3	What will, in a sense, decide the issue for them is what happens to Job, how Job responds to it.
0:38.9	That is, in a sense, the answer for both the bin Elohim and, of course, potentially Job as well.
0:47.1	Who caused this? Who's responsible?
0:51.1	If it's our creator, then we have a really bad God.
1:10.4	I'm Dean Cullinay, and you're listening to Why They Did That,
1:14.4	a show that explores the motivations of biblical characters
1:17.4	and how their choices can guide yours.
1:24.7	With me today is Dr. Carl Wilcox.
1:28.2	He's an English professor with a particular passion for Old Testament narrative.
1:34.3	He spent the last 10 years grappling with the Book of Job.
1:39.1	And it's a rather strange book.
1:42.1	It's found near the middle of the Bible, just before Psalms,
1:46.0	even though most scholars believe it takes place before the story of Abraham in Genesis.
1:51.5	And it's essentially just recorded conversations in the form of Hebrew poetry.
1:58.3	But it tackles the difficult questions, the ones we all have.
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