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but the reeling's make mistakes A sermon on the beginning of the book of Job : The book of Job is often said to address the problem of suffering . A fancy word for this is theodicy . But the way it turns up in regular conversation is, “why do bad things happen to good people.” Or, “ If God is good , WHY does God ALLOW bad things to happen at all.” The truth , though, is all those questions are more manageable than the one the book of Job itself addresses. And it’s the question none other than Satan himself poses. “ Does Job fear God for nothing ,” the old satanic foe asks. …Well, what do you think? Does a person worship God just because ? Or do we only worship God for what we get out of it? I suspect we would all rather think on theoretical questions about hypothetical bad things and good people out there somewhere . Rather than this question about the mettle of our faith that hits close to home. Wouldn’t we? A finer point of Bible study is in order here. Job was written i...