Comments on: God seems harsh? http://biblemeditationshop.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/god-seems-harsh/ Thinking into the Bible Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:58:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: faithcatalyst http://biblemeditationshop.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/god-seems-harsh/#comment-432 faithcatalyst Sat, 31 May 2008 05:06:04 +0000 http://biblemeditationshop.wordpress.com/?p=128#comment-432 Thank you, Robert. Much appreciated. I'll go and look. Thank you, Robert. Much appreciated. I’ll go and look.

]]> By: Robert Sutherland http://biblemeditationshop.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/god-seems-harsh/#comment-430 Robert Sutherland Fri, 30 May 2008 20:20:35 +0000 http://biblemeditationshop.wordpress.com/?p=128#comment-430 You might be interested in this online commentary "Putting God on Trial: The Biblical Book of Job" (http://www.bookofjob.org) as supplementary or background material for your study of the Old Testament theme of the piety of protest. It is not a sin to question God, to demand answers from God. There is a time and a place for such things. It is something God expects of his servant. This book is written by a Canadian criminal defense lawyer, now a Crown prosecutor, and it explores the legal and moral dynamics of the Book of Job with particular emphasis on the distinction between causal responsibility and moral blameworthiness embedded in Job’s Oath of Innocence. It is highly praised by Job scholars (Clines, Janzen, Habel) and the Review of Biblical Literature, all of whose reviews are on the website. The author is an evangelical Christian, denominationally Anglican. He is also the Canadian Director for the Mortimer J. Adler Centre for the Study of the Great Ideas, a Chicago-based think tank. Robert Sutherland You might be interested in this online commentary “Putting God on Trial: The Biblical Book of Job” (http://www.bookofjob.org) as supplementary or background material for your study of the Old Testament theme of the piety of protest. It is not a sin to question God, to demand answers from God. There is a time and a place for such things. It is something God expects of his servant. This book is written by a Canadian criminal defense lawyer, now a Crown prosecutor, and it explores the legal and moral dynamics of the Book of Job with particular emphasis on the distinction between causal responsibility and moral blameworthiness embedded in Job’s Oath of Innocence. It is highly praised by Job scholars (Clines, Janzen, Habel) and the Review of Biblical Literature, all of whose reviews are on the website. The author is an evangelical Christian, denominationally Anglican. He is also the Canadian Director for the Mortimer J. Adler Centre for the Study of the Great Ideas, a Chicago-based think tank.

Robert Sutherland

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