The Message: Job: Led by Suffering to the Heart of God

by Eugene H. Peterson (Editor)

Written in the frank, everyday language we use today, Job allows readers to ask the difficult questions that arise when life doesn't turn out exactly the way it has been planned. Like Job, readers will realize that it isn't easy answers or complex formula

103 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1996

About the author

Eugene H. Peterson was a pastor, scholar, author, and poet. For many years he was James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also served as founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. He had written over thirty books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language a contemporary translation of the Bible. After retiring from full-time teaching, Eugene and his wife Jan lived in the Big Sky Country of rural Montana. He died in October 2018.

Reviews

[Andy Hickman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Message: Job: Led by Suffering to the Heart of God, Eugene H. Peterson.
Delightful hardback book. I spent a day on a mountain and read this book. It is a record of intense quarrelling, accusations, court adjudications, summons, defence arguments, appeals to justice and precedent.
God’s answers sound very similar to the ‘friends’ and yet God finishes by saying those friends did not speak right, but Job did speak right.
Lots of references to lightning and thunder, with much Frankenstein-like dialogue.
Peterson says in his introduction: "Job suffered.. He refused to let God off the hook."
"Every time we let Job give voice to our own questions, our suffering gains in dignity and we are brought a step closer to the threshold of the voice and mystery of God."
Thank God for the servant work done by the late Eugene Peterson *****

[Brooke Lawrence]

Let me be frank - this is a sad book. I thought it would be a lot funnier than it ended up being. And, contrary to the title, it’s not really about finding and having and living with the stress of an occupation.

[Glenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This version of Job gives you some more insights into the book - well worth the effort…