The Open Bible Trust Podcast

A key to understanding the Book of Job comes in the Lord's words to Job in the last chapters of the book. He answers Job's questions with questions of His own - none of which Job can answer - and he condemns the three friends because their argument, that suffering is the result of sin, is totally false. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Job first defends himself against the comments and criticisms of his three friends, but then … Elihu appears on the scene. He reproaches Job for what Job has just said in his defence, but is Elihu correct in what he says? And has he been fair to Job? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So … why do some good people suffer so badly while, at the same time, some evil people have easy lives? This is ‘The Enigma of the Ages’. This podcast explores different attitudes towards pain and suffering, and discusses if any good can come from such trauma. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a first class discussion of the eight speeches made by Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar and Job’s response to each speech, including Job’s plea for a Mediator between him and God and his incredible statement “I know my redeemer lives”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interesting comparisons are made between Job’s suffering and Christ’s temptations and Satan wanting to sift all the disciples. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who was Job? Where and when did he live? When was the book written? And why does God bring Job to Satan’s attention? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A look back over the previous 8 podcasts. It summarises the main teachings, as well as focusing on the main conclusions, that we can draw from ‘The I AM Statement of Christ’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John 15 is a most interesting chapter which features us and the Trinity. If Jesus is the vine and we are the branches, what role does the Father play, and what does the Holy Spirit do? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This ‘I AM statement’ was not said to the public, but just to the disciples. Why? And Jesus spoke about ‘My Father’s house’. Was this the temple or an allegorical reference to heaven? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lazarus was dead, but Jesus declared ‘I AM the resurrection and the life’ to Lazarus’ to his grieving sister, Martha. But did that comfort her? Well ... What He did next certainly did! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.