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Job puts God on trial
Sitting on an ash heap, scraping his sores, Job refuses his friends' easy answers. He accuses God of destroying the blameless and the wicked alike.
Protest can be a form of faith.
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His friends insist the innocent never perish. Job catalogs the world's injustices and demands an explanation. When God finally answers from the whirlwind, he answers with questions: 'Gird your loins and answer me!'
Bible reference: Job 9:22–24; 38:3
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 430–431
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