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Job and Jonah
INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE
JOB and Jonah were faithful believers of God who faced serious challenges when they let their own way of thinking interfere with God's will.
Job was an extremely rich man who lived east of the Jordan River. Job had seven sons and three daughters. He had thousands of cattle and was very prosperous. But Job's wealth isn't what makes him important. What he thought about God and the experiences that led him to know God better—these are the things that matter most about Job. For example, Job "feared" God. This means that he respected and loved God very deeply. As a result, Job tried hard to stay away from anything that was evil. Job, as well as all his friends and neighbors, believed that if people were good, they would be prosperous and have good things in life. They also believed that if bad things happened to people, they must have done something wicked.
Very suddenly Job lost everything—his family, his cattle, his home, everything! When three of his friends. Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, heard about his suffering, they came to comfort Job. He told them about his grief. With bitter words he cursed the day he was born, and wished he were dead in order to end his misfortune. Instead of comforting him, his friends condemned him for doing wrong. They felt God had punished Job for being evil. Job tried to defend himself, but his friends kept telling him that God was omnipotent and supreme. Men and women, they told him, were insignificant compared to God's grandeur. They also told him that God rewarded good people and punished evil ones.
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February 22, 1999 issue
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To Our Readers
Russ Gerber
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Leslee G. Allen, Carol Birch, Robert L. Braun
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items of interest
with contributions from Robert Wuthnow, Luis Palau, Sondra L. Shapiro
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Not your father's body
By Beulah M. Roegge
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HEALED OF A HEREDITARY CONDITION
Lynn Gray Jackson
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SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AVOIDED
Sylvia L. Loyd
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Nature's lesson on relations
By James Christopher Shoaf
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They are God's beloved children!
By Julio C. Rivas T.
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Love at first insight
By Allison T. Demarkles
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GROWING UP
Kay Ramsdell Olson
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Spirituality in the workplace
Martin Rutte, international speaker and consultant, talks with our News Editor, Kim Shippey.
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Job and Jonah
By Leonor Montoya
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Freedom from panic attacks; quick, harmonious childbirth
Debra Frances Bundy
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School grades improve
Charlotte A. Mankin
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Prayer heals back trouble
Robert G. Donaldson
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God's truth heals knee injury
Dorothy McGrew Hood
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What we gained when we lost everything
By Vicki A. Turpen
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Wake up from the gene dream
Margaret Rogers