The Gospel According to Job: An Honest Look at Pain and Doubt from the Life of One Who Lost Everything (Biblia.com)

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Anyone who has suffered knows that there is no such thing as "getting a grip on oneself" or "pulling oneself up by the bootstraps. The only bootstrap in the Christian life is the Cross," says Mason. "Sometimes laying hold of the cross can be comforting, but other times it is like picking up a snake." Job knew this firsthand. From him we learn that there are no easy answers to suffering. That the...

For in the gospel according to Job a person is either righteous, or not. One cannot be a little bit righteous any more than one can be a little bit pregnant. Either one’s sin is completely forgiven (including not just sinful behavior but the innate sinfulness of the heart) or it is not. Christ’s great principle of prayer—“Believe that you have received it, and it will be yours” (Mark 11:24)—applies first of all to the unconditional forgiveness that is the basic promise of the gospel. If God accepts

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