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Job Explained: A Bible Study

Dr. Toby Holt | New Geneva Theological Seminary 6 Episodes May 28, 2025

This podcast is a verse-by-verse Bible study of the Book of Job led by Dr. Toby Holt, President of New Geneva Theological Seminary. It walks through Job’s suffering, his debates with friends, and God’s sovereign response from Job 1 through Job 42. The teaching is designed to be clear and relevant, connecting the ancient story to listeners’ own experiences of suffering. It is suitable for pastors, students, and anyone new to the Bible. The podcast also includes sermons from Dr. Holt.

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The Lord Gives, Takes Away May 28, 2025 36:50 How do you praise God when you lose everything? In Job 1, a good man loses his wealth, his servants, and all ten of his children in a single day — yet he worships God. Dr. Toby Holt opens the book of Job and the hardest question in life: how do we trust God when everything collapses?Job is a blameless, upright man, the wealthiest in the East. Behind the scenes, Satan accuses him, claiming Job only

When You Don't Understand Why May 21, 2025 29:53 Why do good people suffer? In Job 2 and 3, Job loses even his health, and he sinks so low that he curses the day he was born. Dr. Toby Holt faces an honest question: why do good and godly people suffer? Satan strikes Job with painful sores head to toe, and his wife urges him to "curse God and die." Yet Job answers, "Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adver

With Friends Like These May 14, 2025 31:52 Why were Job's friends such poor comforters? In Job 10-11, Job pours out his confusion to God while his friend Zophar insists Job's suffering is his own fault. Dr. Toby Holt shows how even sincere friends can give deeply wrong counsel.Job cannot understand why God is contending with him. Zophar responds harshly, claiming Job's pain proves hidden sin and even telling him he deserves worse. The frie

God Responds To Job May 7, 2025 31:30 What was God’s answer to Job? In Job 38-40, after chapters of silence, God finally answers Job — but not in the way anyone expects. In this study, Dr. Toby Holt explores how God responds to a suffering man’s questions.God speaks to Job out of a whirlwind, but He never explains why Job suffered. Instead, He asks Job question after question about creation: “Where were you when I laid the foundations

The Restoration Of Job Apr 30, 2025 28:58 What does Job 42:10 teach us in The Restoration of Job?In this expository sermon on Job 42, Dr. Toby Holt of New Geneva Theological Seminary teaches that Job's suffering was appointed by God not as punishment for sin but according to God's sovereign providence, dismantling the karma-like truism that 'you get what you deserve.' Job's restoration begins the moment he prays for the friends who wronge

When We Ask God Why (Bonus) Apr 23, 2025 27:25 What does Job 10:2 teach us in When We Ask God Why?In this expository sermon on Job 10, Dr. Toby Holt of New Geneva Theological Seminary teaches that the believer's cry of 'why?' in suffering is not a sign of failed faith but a lament God is big enough to receive. Because God is sovereign and good even when His providence is inscrutable, Holt shows that Job, Moses, Elijah, Jeremiah, David, and Pau

Job Explained: A Bible Study

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