Text: Job 42:1-6; 10-17
 
This is the final in our series of sermons on the book of Job – a tale that has a “fairy tale, happily-ever-after ending”. Some scholars have complained that the story is ruined by the happy ending! What do you think of that perspective?

At the end of this story we see changes in Job from proud to humble, from foolish to wise, from angst and despair to a faith in God that brought him a trusting peace.
 
“I know that you can do all things;
no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
You asked, ‘who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’
 Surely I spoke things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.”

Watch the recorded sermon here: https://youtu.be/wcDknjpBSCQ 

Texts:
Job 38: 1-7, 34-41
Mark 10: 35-45

Ancient text, contemporary relevance? Job was written around 3,500 years ago but in a sense is, in the words of the commentator T H Robinson, ‘one of the most modern books in the bible.’

This is the 3rd in a 3-part sermon series on the book of Job. In the first sermon we asked the difficult question, ‘why do good people suffer?’ In the second sermon we pondered the times when God seems strangely absent in our times of struggle and questioning – where are you, God, when I really need you!
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Job and his friends are debating these 2 questions and testing their theories, forming their answers, their philosophical and theological reasoning and arguments.

Watch the recorded sermon here: https://youtu.be/xrhwKddOrUk.

Readings:
Job 23:1-17
Hebrews 4:12-16
 
From all who dwell below the skies,
let the Creator’s praise arise;
Hallelujah!
Let the Redeemer’s name be sung,
through every land, by every tongue.
Hallelujah!
 
This week’s sermon continues with readings from the book of Job, a tale of one man grappling with great suffering. The story of Job calls in to question the different ideas about, and attitudes of people towards, suffering, and how we are to relate to God when everything turns to custard.
 
Watch the recorded sermon here: https://youtu.be/3437L5NV6Tg

Readings:
Job 1:1, 2:1-10
Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12
 
This table is for all of us, near and far, high and low,
East and West and North and South.
This table is for all of us, but it is not our table. It’s God’s table.
You are welcome, you are invited, you are called:
come, let us share this meal together.
 
The book of Job is not an easy one to preach from – it presents us with some tricky questions, but does not necessarily present us with many answers!
 
Watch the recorded sermon here: https://youtu.be/JexHfxRRvCg