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Send us a textWhat if the most honest line about suffering is also the hardest to accept: “Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?” Our deep dive into Job 2:9–10 explores that question at eye level, where grief collides with faith and marriage bears the weight of loss. We walk through the heavenly council where Satan repeats his accusation, then follow the downward spiral from wealth to children to health—until Job is seated in ashes, scraping boils, and hearing the most devastating counsel of all from the person closest to him.We wrestle candidly with Job's wife: her words, her grief, and why many of us hear our own fears in her voice. Was she simply broken by tragedy, or did she become the mouthpiece for Satan's script—“Curse God and die”? Our panel balances compassion and clarity, showing how catastrophic sorrow can distort speech, while honoring Job's steady reply that refuses to split the world between two rival powers. Job does not bargain with blessings. He confesses one sovereign God whose providence encompasses gifts and wounds, and he holds integrity without denying agony.From there, we draw out timely themes: how fair-weather faith collapses under pressure, why Satan's strategy leans on repetition and proximity, and how couples can either fracture or grow when everything familiar is taken. This is not a call to grit your teeth; it's an invitation to dependence—the kind that emerges when every plan fails and only God remains. If you're walking through loss, questioning hidden-sin narratives, or searching for a theology of suffering that can carry real life, this conversation offers sturdy hope and hard-won wisdom.If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage today, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway—we read every word.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if the darkest season of your life is the very place your faith learns to breathe? We gather around the story of Job, the raw honesty of separation, and the quiet courage of surrender to ask a harder question: what does dependence on God look like when everything is stripped away?We start with the childlike posture of reliance—simple trust that God holds what we can't. From there, we face the sting of Job's wife and the pattern Scripture reveals: the enemy often reaches our hearts through the voices closest to us. Not to blame, but to awaken. We talk frankly about the power of a spouse to either steady or shatter, and why godly women and men carry a shared calling to protect the covenant when pressure mounts. The insights get personal as Ashley shares a breaking point that becomes a turning point—moving from “why” to “be still,” discovering that exhaustion can drive us into the hands that never fail.Along the way, we open Hosea to see relentless love in action and explore how marriage mirrors Christ and the church. We admit how leadership feels when the plan is unclear, and why a simple “I don't know, but I trust God” can be holy. A community prayer anchors the moment, reminding us that intercession is not filler—it's fuel. If you've felt the blow that comes from the closest person, if you've wondered how to stand when surrender feels like loss, this conversation offers sturdy hope: darkness can be the frame that makes God's light burn brighter.Lean in, share this with someone who needs strength tonight, and if this spoke to you, subscribe, leave a review, and tell us where God met you in your hardest chapter.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if the words in your home were measured against the way God speaks to you? That single question reframed our entire conversation about marriage, suffering, and the stubborn grace that keeps a covenant alive when emotions don't. We begin with the small, sharp things—tone, sarcasm, neglect—and work toward the bigger engine beneath a lasting union: a 100-100 commitment made before God, not a 50-50 contract enforced by feelings.Using Job 2 as our case study, we wrestle with one of Scripture's most jarring lines: “Curse God and die.” Rather than flatten Job's wife into a villain, we examine how despair can align with destructive logic and why someone in the home must answer pain with discernment. Job models a rare balance—firm correction without contempt—naming foolish speech without condemning his wife's nature. That move preserves dignity, protects doctrine, and gives modern couples a pattern for high-stakes conversations.Along the way, we hear seasoned insight from a 49-year marriage: vows shape us, children watch us, and commitment to God steadies us when romance thins. We talk practical guardrails—seeking your spouse's counsel first, dropping moral scorekeeping, and replacing reactivity with self-control. And we don't dodge the hard theology: shall we receive good from God and not also what hurts? That confession breaks transactional faith and invites a steadier, kinder home.If your relationship is caught between fatigue and faith, this episode offers handles: language that heals, habits that build trust, and a vision of covenant stronger than mood swings. Listen, share it with someone who needs courage, and if this helped you, follow the show, leave a review, and tell us one practice that protects your home today.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat keeps a person from renouncing what they once swore by when life collapses in a day? We sit with Job on the ash heap, slow down the charged moment with his wife, and examine what “curse God and die” really means when rendered as renounce, reject, or deny. From that ground zero, we trace a pattern as old as Eden: temptation often reaches us through those closest to us, not to scapegoat loved ones, but to expose how grief, fear, and urgency can be weaponized. Job's reply—“Shall we receive good from God, and not adversity?”—doesn't minimize pain; it re-centers sovereignty and anchors speech.Along the way, we connect Job to Peter's denial and Jesus' bracing “Get behind me, Satan,” showing how subtle care can mask a call to avoid the cross. We talk about how truth, when misapplied, can harm, setting the stage for Job's friends who say many right things to the wrong person at the wrong time. We lean on Ecclesiastes 7:14 to frame prosperity and adversity as seasons under God's hand, and we keep returning to intercession—Christ praying for His own—as the hidden engine of perseverance. The conversation moves through marriage as a cord of three strands, the sanctifying pull of spouses at different moments of strength, and practical vigilance: bury yourself in Scripture, prayer, meditation, and fellowship; know your enemy's recycled tactics, but know your Advocate more.If you've felt the sting of well-meaning counsel, the fatigue of unanswered questions, or the pressure to renounce what you believe just to end the pain, this dialogue offers sturdy hope. Integrity is not glib certainty; it's a guarded tongue, a readied heart, and a refusal to let suffering sever trust. Listen, reflect, and share with someone who's in the thick of it. If the conversation strengthens you, subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: what line from Job steadies you when the heat rises?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: 2nd Dialog: God & Satan About Job (Part 1 of 5) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/13/2025 Length: 32 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: 2nd Dialog: God & Satan About Job (Part 4 of 5) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/13/2025 Length: 32 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: Job's Wife: "Curse God & Die" (Part 4 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/14/2025 Length: 36 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: Job's Wife: "Curse God & Die" (Part 3 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/14/2025 Length: 36 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: Job's Wife: "Curse God & Die" (Part 2 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/14/2025 Length: 36 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: Job's Wife: "Curse God & Die" (Part 1of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/14/2025 Length: 36 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: 2nd Dialog: God & Satan About Job (Part 5 of 5) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/13/2025 Length: 32 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: 2nd Dialog: God & Satan About Job (Part 2 of 5) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/13/2025 Length: 32 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: 2nd Dialog: God & Satan About Job (Part 3 of 5) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/13/2025 Length: 32 min.

Send us a textWhat do you call faith that keeps singing after the lights go out? We return to Job with fresh eyes on chapter 2, where a second heavenly council unfolds and Satan is required to “present himself before the Lord.” That small phrase changes everything—it signals sovereignty, not chaos, and reminds us that even the enemy operates on a leash. We retrace Job's stunning response to catastrophic loss—tearing his robe, falling to the ground, and still blessing the name of the Lord—and ask why that confession crushed the accusation that devotion is merely a trade for comfort.Together we explore what “to and fro” really reveals about the adversary, the boundaries God sets around suffering, and why permission is not the same as approval or abandonment. The panel brings sharp, grounded insights: the order of the heavenly courtroom, the recurring divine question about Job's integrity, and the way worship in grief becomes the most profound form of protest against despair. Along the way, we connect biblical threads about God's governing presence, the accountability of spiritual beings, and the hope that comes from knowing pain is severe but never sovereign.If you're navigating loss, doubt, or exhaustion, this conversation invites you to anchor your heart where Job did: in the unchanging worth of God. Listen for practical takeaways on resilient faith, honest lament, and how to pray when answers don't come. If this resonated with you, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage, and leave a review so more people can find these conversations. Your voice helps others hold fast.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textThe fall from honor to ashes is not just Job's story; it's the story we fear most and the test that can shape us best. We open with a stark portrait of a revered man reduced to painful boils and social exile, then ask the uncomfortable questions our culture avoids: What do we see when a leader loses everything, and what does that reveal about us?A physician on our panel brings rare but relevant medical context by explaining “Job syndrome,” clarifying how severe eczema and staph boils can make a person nearly unrecognizable. While not claiming a diagnosis for Job, the clinical detail deepens our compassion and anchors the ancient text in real human pain. From there, we step into the quiet places where faith meets suffering: stories of bedside prayers, cancer patients facing death with calm trust, and the humility that comes from admitting we don't control the terms of our trials.We wrestle with sovereignty, integrity, and stigma. Job's ashes become a lesson in humility rather than humiliation, a reminder that character can remain when comfort is stripped away. We challenge easy debates and urge believers to prepare for harder days with unity, Scripture, and habits that bend our hearts toward God's will. Fire reveals foundations; if we build with love, courage, and truth, the blaze refines rather than ruins. Through candid panel reflections and rich scripture, we explore how to suffer well, hold one another up, and keep our eyes on a hope that outlasts the night.If this conversation strengthens your resolve or gives language to your own season of testing, share it with a friend, subscribe for the next study, and leave a review so others can find it. What truth helped you stand when everything else felt unsteady?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if the fiercest tests come not through loss of things, but through pain in the body? We press into Job 2 and the charged line “skin for skin,” tracking how the accuser pivots from property to health and how God draws a hard boundary: touch, but save his life. That single limit reframes everything—God is not absent, He is supervising. Evil is not unleashed, it is leashed. And the real question emerges: is devotion to God mercenary or rooted in love that survives when comfort is stripped away?We walk through the anatomy of the test—self‑preservation, fear, and the way pain can press a person to the edge—then return to the text to see sovereignty without complicity. God permits but does not cause suffering; He governs scope and outcome. Job's body is covered in boils, his seat is the ash heap, and yet the root of faith remains. Along the way, we connect Scripture with Scripture, challenge the noise of self‑appointed authorities, and call listeners back to the written word as the sure voice of God. The conversation becomes pastoral and practical: how to suffer well, why gratitude still belongs in grief, and how stories of present‑day illness can carry a witness that puts petty arguments to shame.By the end, you'll have a sharper lens for reading Job, a sturdier theology of God's sovereignty and human suffering, and a path to apply both in real life. If this helped you see the boundary lines of grace inside hardship, share it with a friend, subscribe for more thoughtful Bible study, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway so we can keep the conversation growing.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if your hardest trial isn't punishment but proof of what God has already secured in you? We open Job's story at a surprising angle: God Himself bears witness about a human life, declaring Job upright and unshaken even after unthinkable loss. That single moment reframes how we read suffering, integrity, and the quiet strength of a faith anchored in the Giver, not the gifts.We walk through the meaning of “witness” and why true witness costs something. Integrity isn't about spotlight moments; it's character forged when only God is watching. Listeners connect the idea of integrity to completeness and the breastplate of truth, pointing us to a deeper guardrail: God's revealed will protecting the heart. From there we challenge prosperity assumptions and name the real hedge—not around wealth or status, but around life and salvation. Stuff comes and goes; grace keeps. That's why Satan's charge fails and why Job's faith endures. We also confront the modern habit of doubling down when proven wrong, exploring how whataboutism masks pride and blocks growth. Humility, by contrast, clears the path back to truth and builds the kind of character trials can't crush.Drawing a parallel to the heavenly courtroom in 1 Kings 22, we consider God's sovereignty over spiritual conflict and human outcomes. Permission is not approval; constraint is real; and grace holds the final word. Through Jude's doxology, we anchor our hope: the Keeper keeps. If you've ever stared down loss and wondered whether God's favor left you, this conversation invites a better lens. Your trial may be revealing, not repaying. Your faith may be deeper than you think because your rescue is stronger than you feel.If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage today, and leave a review to help others find these conversations. Your insights matter—what's one way you've seen humility change the course of a conflict?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textTwo words carry the weight of this conversation: and still. Job loses his wealth, status, and even his children, yet instead of cursing, he bows. We sit with that shock and ask why worship rises when everything else falls. The heart of our talk is not theory; it's a reordering of how we see pain, sovereignty, and the quiet power of integrity when the rewards are gone.We unpack Satan's key miscalculation: believing that mastery of evil equals mastery of human nature. God needs no experience with sin to know it perfectly, and nothing unfolds outside his permission. That lens changes how we read Job and how we read our own crises. We challenge the myth of the enemy planting thoughts like a mind reader and present a more grounded view of temptation: bait laid before desires already in us. If Satan cannot read minds, he can still study patterns. Our task is watchfulness, repentance, and a stubborn loyalty that makes hell's accusations ring hollow.The moment that lingers is God's added testimony: “And still he holds fast his integrity.” Those words become a mirror. Can they be said of us after the diagnosis, the job loss, the betrayal? We frame affliction as fertilizer—unpleasant, but life-giving in time—echoing James's call to count it all joy. The heavenly court witnesses endurance, and glory rises when saints hold the line. Even if you cannot see your light, someone else can, and your quiet faith may be the courage they need.If this conversation strengthens your resolve to worship through the storm, share it with a friend who needs that same courage. Subscribe for more deep dives into faith that endures, and leave a review to help others find these stories of hope and holiness.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat do you say to God when life breaks your heart? We turn to Job's first chapter and sit with a hard, hopeful truth: true faith can be shattered and still not rebel. Together we explore why Scripture records that Job did not charge God foolishly, how sovereignty sets real limits on evil, and why the Spirit's witness in us makes cursing God unthinkable even when questions pile up.We move from the claim that a true believer cannot curse God to the honest language of Mark 9:24—Lord, I believe; help my unbelief. That tension shapes Christian endurance. You'll hear how lament differs from apostasy, how sanctification trains us through affliction instead of sparing us from it, and why God's providence is a place to rest, not a puzzle to resent. Along the way, we connect Lamentations 3, the Psalms of seeking and steadfastness, and Jesus' words to Peter about sifting and prayer, forming a biblical map for long nights and heavy days.Stories bring the theology close. A lawsuit that threatened a family's livelihood, a hymn born in catastrophic loss, and the small mercies that made a concentration barrack off-limits to guards—each witness sings the same refrain: wisdom and grace triumph over Satan's best. The hedge that matters most is around the life God preserves. We may be broken, but by the Spirit we are not rebels. Faith becomes the way through the fire, and worship rises from ashes with Job's words on our lips: blessed be the name of the Lord.If this conversation strengthened your hope, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs courage, and leave a review to help others find the show. What has suffering taught you about God's faithfulness?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if the fiercest storms in your life were allowed, not to break you, but to reveal what anchors you? We return to Job 1 and walk scene by scene through the rapid-fire calamities that strip Job of wealth, defenders, and finally, his children. Along the way, we spotlight details the text refuses to hide: the Chaldeans arrive in three bands, servants are slain, camels are carried off, and a great wind strikes the house at all four corners. This is not chaos without cause; it is a portrait of coordinated assault under divine limits, where Satan acts but never rules.As a panel, we map strategy to spirituality. If raiding parties showed reconnaissance and planning, believers need vigilance that is grounded, not fearful. We talk about Job's likely prominence, why organized forces targeted him, and how the loss of servants was also the loss of protective power. Then we face the heaviest blow—the death of Job's children—and wrestle honestly with the question people still ask: why would God permit this? The answer is not tidy, but it is solid: sovereignty sets boundaries, suffering refines integrity, and growth often arrives through testing. We connect this to “Christian bearing,” a disciplined composure under fire that reflects who we represent and how we trust.This episode blends close reading with lived experience. You'll hear practical counsel for spiritual vigilance, stories that mirror Job's pressures in modern workplaces and homes, and a refusal to call coincidence what Scripture calls design. If you're navigating loss, confusion, or relentless headwinds, this conversation offers steadiness without clichés, courage without bravado, and hope without denial. Listen, share it with someone in the storm, and tell us: where have you seen purpose take shape inside your trials? If this helped you see the text—and your life—more clearly, subscribe, leave a review, and pass it along to a friend who needs it.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if the worst day of your life was not random, but permitted with purpose? We step into Job's story as a cosmic courtroom, where God sets boundaries and Satan wagers that faith will collapse once comfort is gone. From the opening claim—nothing belongs to us, not even our lives—we track a rapid succession of blows that feel otherworldly: raiders, fire, wind, and a final strike at Job's heart. Along the way, one survivor escapes each calamity, a detail the panel reads as both witness and weight, driving the test forward without pause.We wrestle with a provocative question: was Satan being set up? Pride blinds him; he assumes devotion is transactional. That blindness mirrors modern unbelief, where creation sings yet hearts stay shut. We map biblical echoes—the firstborn in Egypt, Abraham and Isaac, and the eldest brother's house—without forcing symbolism. We also examine the Chaldeans through Habakkuk's lens, noting how ruthless instruments in one moment face judgment in another. The throughline is sovereignty: God permits, limits, and ultimately redeems, revealing a faith that blesses God beyond blessing.The conversation turns practical and piercing. Why were Job's children feasting while disaster spread? Distance and supernatural speed likely kept them unaware, underscoring the intensity of the trial. More crucially, the panel confronts entitlement: if we are creatures, our lives are gifts, not rights. That reframes grief without trivializing it. Like Joseph's confession—what was meant for evil, God meant for good—Job's confession anchors hope in a God who writes straight with jagged lines. The Lord gives; the Lord takes away; blessed be the name of the Lord. Join us, rethink suffering, and consider what anchors your worship when every prop falls.If this challenged or encouraged you, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. Your reflections help us shape future episodes.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if the God you talk about isn't the God you meet when everything breaks? We dive straight into the furnace with Job 1:20–21 and ask what worship looks like when the bottom drops out. Not the mascot of modern spirituality, but the sovereign Lord who gives and takes away—and remains worthy.We talk plainly about sovereignty, election, and the uncomfortable gap between our sense of fairness and God's freedom. That isn't a cold doctrine lesson; it's a way of seeing that frees us to speak truth with love. If God is truly God, we don't shrink him to fit our expectations or hold him to our standards. We introduce people to him whether they feel ready or not, because real hope doesn't begin in our preferences—it begins in his character. That's why Job's movements matter: he tears his robe, shaves his head, falls to the ground, and worships. Grief isn't faked away; lament and reverence share the same breath.We also expose Satan's miscalculation. The wager assumed Job loved gifts more than the Giver. But Job blesses the name of the Lord, proving that authentic faith can't be bought off by comfort or crushed by loss. We explore why the order of his confession—“The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away”—re-centers the heart on grace before deprivation. Along the way we touch remnant faith, how truth gets passed through families and seasons, and why humility grows as our view of God grows. The goal isn't bravado; it's a quiet courage that can say blessed be the name of the Lord even when hands are empty.If you're craving a deeper, sturdier faith—and a picture of God that can hold your real life—this conversation will meet you there. Listen, share with someone walking through loss, and leave a review to tell us how Job's words are reshaping your worship. Subscribe for more conversations that refuse clichés and pursue the real God with open Bibles and honest hearts.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: Job Foils Satan (Part 2 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/12/2025 Length: 37 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: Job Foils Satan (Part 1 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/12/2025 Length: 37 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: Job Foils Satan (Part 3 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/12/2025 Length: 37 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: Job Foils Satan (Part 4 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/12/2025 Length: 37 min.

Send us a textWhat if the blessings you're looking for are found on the other side of subtraction? We gather around Job's story to challenge the prosperity lens and rediscover how God refines character through trials, not just comforts. From Elijah's fire that exposed lies to Job's unwavering trust when everything fell away, we trace a theme that's both bracing and hopeful: sanctification often advances in the furnace, and dependence is the door to deeper joy.We talk honestly about loss, disappointment, and the moments that strip our illusions of control. Together we name how God's sovereignty doesn't minimize pain but gives it purpose, forming courage, tenderness, and clarity that ease never produces. You'll hear practical reflections on prayer and meditation, the quiet ways the Spirit steadies us, and why hearing the Shepherd's voice matters when answers are slow. We also connect trials to mission: storms grow roots, and a tested church speaks the gospel with humility and grit, unfazed by ridicule because death itself has lost its sting.Looking ahead, we fix our eyes on resurrection and the renewal of all things. Life is a vapor, yet nothing is wasted in Christ's hands. Our hosts and guests share candid stories, Scripture-soaked insights, and an encouragement to pray for the next generation who will carry this hope forward. If you're weary, hurt, or simply hungry for meaning that holds, this conversation offers a sturdy handhold: what is taken can become the very place God gives himself more fully.If this encouraged you, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage today, and leave a review so others can find it. What promise are you holding onto right now?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat do you do when the hits don't stop coming and every report makes the last one worse? We step into Job's hardest day and slow it down, tracing the rhythm of messengers, the shock of the “fire of God,” and the strange calm that grows when sovereignty becomes more than a doctrine. This isn't about stoicism. It's about a practice of worship that survives impact.We unpack the difference between moral evil and calamity and why both can fall within God's permissive will without making Him the author of sin. That distinction opens space to grieve honestly while still trusting purpose. You'll hear thoughtful pushback on whether the fire was natural or supernatural, anchored by echoes of Elijah's altar and the claim that timing itself can be a miracle. The thread through it all is chastening: the Lord disciplines those He loves. Affliction, then, is not wasted pain but a furnace that burns off illusions, especially our easy beliefs about effort, merit, and control.From there we draw a line to the present. The measure of faith isn't hype; it's whether trust endures when comfort vanishes. We look at the unity of Scripture—God unchanging from Old to New—and the comfort of Christ as our Advocate when the Accuser speaks. Job stood upright under trial; we stand upheld by the same Word who spoke before Bethlehem and walked among us after. If you've wondered how to suffer well without losing worship, this conversation offers a grounded, usable blueprint.If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage today, and leave a review telling us where you've seen growth in the fire.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if loss arrives all at once and refuses to explain itself? We sit with Job's story to learn how to endure suffering without surrendering our witness, and we ask the harder question most of us avoid: not why pain happens, but how to walk through it with steady faith and honest hearts.We explore why Job's character matters before the calamity and how Jesus and James anchor his story in history, not myth. That grounding changes everything: if God formed us from dust and speaks reality into being, then the miracles skeptics mock are smaller than the mercy we desperately need. Along the way, we reflect on the thief beside Jesus, whose final hours were changed by a single promise—“Today you will be with me in paradise.” That same voice of comfort still meets modern grief, whether you're carrying a quiet ache or reeling from sudden loss.You'll hear why affliction can be a badge of honor, how spiritual warfare plays out within God's boundaries, and what it means for believers to “earn stripes” through endurance. We talk candidly about doubt, assurance, and the unnerving self-audit: if God publicly testified about our lives, what would he say? The goal isn't heroics; it's humility, truth, and a courage that holds when comforts fail. If you've ever wondered how to keep your faith when the bottom drops out, this conversation is for you.If the episode moves you, follow the show, share it with someone who needs hope today, and leave a review to help others find these conversations. Then tell us: where have you found steady ground in a season of loss?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat do you do when the worst day arrives without warning and refuses to end? We walk through Job 1:13–22, where bad news stacks in breathless succession and a faithful man falls to the ground in grief—and worship. The story opens in heaven, where Satan appears not as an equal rival but as a constrained accuser. God permits a test with boundaries, and the action drops to earth in a flurry of messengers: raiders seize oxen and donkeys, fire consumes sheep and servants, Chaldeans carry off camels, and a great wind collapses a house with Job's children inside. The refrain “while he was yet speaking” turns tragedy into a wave that won't let a soul catch breath.We dig into the heart of the passage: Job's response. He tears his robe, shaves his head, bows low, and speaks words that defy despair: “Naked I came… naked I shall return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” This is not denial or bravado. It is reverence anchored in God's sovereignty and goodness when nothing else makes sense. Our panel brings lived experience to the text—grief that lingers, questions that sting, and the hard honesty Scripture invites. We confront the prosperity illusion head on: love for God cannot be built on gifts alone. If faith is real, it survives subtraction.Along the way, we clarify a crucial frame for listeners wrestling with evil and suffering: Satan acts, but only within limits God sets; the enemy is an instrument, not a ruler. That lens doesn't erase pain, but it rescues meaning. We explore why Job's worship is the deepest protest against nihilism, how lament and praise can coexist, and why God's faithfulness underwrites human endurance. As we point toward chapter two and a reconvened heavenly council, the takeaway is clear: suffering tests, but it also reveals. When everything else is stripped away, blessing the name of the Lord becomes both confession and compass.If this conversation strengthens your courage or reframes your questions, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review to help others find it. Your reflections keep the conversation going—what line from Job steadies you right now?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: The Calamities of Job Begin (Part 2 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/11/2025 Length: 35 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: The Calamities of Job Begin (Part 1 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/11/2025 Length: 35 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: The Calamities of Job Begin (Part 3 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/11/2025 Length: 35 min.

A new MP3 sermon from The Bible Provocateur is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: LIVE DISCUSSION: The Calamities of Job Begin (Part 4 of 4) Speaker: Jonathan Eubanks Broadcaster: The Bible Provocateur Event: Debate Date: 11/11/2025 Length: 35 min.

Send us a textWhat if the fiercest storm in your life arrived with limits already set by a loving God? We trace Job's trial to uncover a bracing truth: Satan's power is borrowed, his leash is short, and the soul God keeps is untouchable. That claim collides with common church talk, from fear-laced warnings about losing salvation to loud prayers that treat the devil like a sparring partner. We go back to the text and follow the line God draws: take the goods, strike the health, but do not take the life—and never the soul. The result is not a neat answer to pain but a sturdier hope in providence.Together we chart how delusion functions in Scripture, why some are handed over to lies they love, and how that frames Job's losses without making God the author of evil. We wrestle with the hard questions many ask when tragedy hits—why the child, the job, the home—and hold them up to the promise that suffering is measured, moderated, and managed by the Lord. Along the way, we challenge the idea that perseverance is a human maintenance plan. If grace is God's gift, preservation is God's work, which means real security is not swagger but trust: armor on, Word open, heart abiding.This conversation doesn't romanticize pain. It restores perspective. Satan went all in against Job and still lost, because the prize he wanted—Job cursing God—never came. That's the comfort with backbone we need: the hedge that matters most guards the soul, and the Keeper does not fail. If you're weary, if you're angry, if you're clinging by a thread, lean in. Subscribe for more studies like this, share it with a friend who needs solid hope, and leave a review to help others find this conversation.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if the worst day of your life revealed the best thing about your faith? We walk through Job 1:12 and confront a hard truth with a hopeful center: God may allow your outer world to be shaken, but he will not surrender what he has sealed. That single boundary—“only upon himself put not forth your hand”—doesn't signal divine retreat; it announces divine rule.Across the conversation, we map the difference between what you have and who you are before God. Satan targets Job's goods, family, status, and health because he assumes worship is fueled by gifts. He miscalculates. Faith that God gives and guards is not up for negotiation. We unpack why permission is not abdication, how hubris blinds the enemy, and why genuine worship survives when comfort dies. Along the way, we challenge a common myth: knowing verses equals knowing God. Information can quote the hedge; revelation bows to the Holy One who gives and takes away and remains worthy.We also explore the theme of instruments in a sovereign hand. Believers pray to be instruments of peace, and paradoxically, God can even turn the enemy's malice into material for mercy. Think Daniel's lion's den, the furnace, and ultimately the cross—evil plotted, God overruled. In Job's case, the stripping of the outer life exposes a deeper reality: the soul God saves, God keeps. That's why no true believer will curse God; not because we are strong, but because God is faithful to his promise and unwilling to let his own perish.If you've confused blessing with bank balance, or if loss has tempted you to doubt what's left, this conversation invites you to anchor worship in the only unlosable thing—God himself. Listen, reflect, and share with someone who needs to remember that grace is stronger than deprivation. If this resonated, follow the show, leave a review, and tell us how you've seen God set limits around your hardest trials.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if the scariest line in the book of Job—“All that he has is in your power”—wasn't a surrender but a showcase of sovereignty? We open Job 1:6–12 and walk through the rare scriptural moment where God and Satan speak, not to sensationalize it, but to understand the limits God sets, the permission He grants, and the purpose behind the trial. The conversation confronts the popular but shallow idea that faith is a transaction: obey and get blessings. Satan bets on that bargain. God exposes it.We explore why the Lord's boundary—do not touch his life—changes how we read suffering. Is the hedge around Job about wealth and health, or is it around his inner life? We examine both views and argue for a deeper hedge that guards what ultimately matters: the preservation of faith. Along the way, we connect the dots across Scripture, from James 5's affirmation of Job's patience to Jesus warning Peter that Satan demanded to sift him. Evil is real, agency is granted, and yet God's providence rules the field with lines that cannot be crossed.This episode also gets practical. We address why testing is not wrath, how obedience grows out of faith rather than perks, and why losing comfort does not mean losing God. If you've wrestled with prosperity preaching, felt accused when life fell apart, or wondered whether God truly keeps you when the bottom drops out, this study offers clarity and courage. It's a sober, hopeful walk through a hard text that reveals a tender God who keeps His people.If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs steady truth, and leave a review to help others find it. Your thoughts matter—drop a comment and tell us how you've seen God set the line in your own trials.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textStep behind the curtain of Job 1:6–12 and into a rare courtroom above our world, where the sons of God appear and Satan dares to accuse. We trace the bold claim that Job's devotion is merely bought with blessings and ask the question that haunts every honest believer: if the gifts were gone, would God still be enough?We walk through the structure and stakes of this scene—divine council, permission, and boundaries—and unpack six crucial “firsts” that make Job's prologue unique in Scripture. Along the way, we examine the audacity of “Put forth Your hand now,” not as a curious line but as an assault on God's character and a wager against human integrity. Our panel brings clear-eyed insights on sovereignty and order: God does what He pleases, and what He pleases is good, purposeful, and limited by His own wisdom. Testing isn't chaos; it's constrained, revealing, and ultimately refining.You'll hear why talking plainly about Satan here isn't hype but honesty, how accusations target motives, and why real faith outlives prosperity. We connect this to prayer and practice: seeking first the kingdom reshapes desire, and suffering becomes a forge rather than a failure. If you've wondered whether worship can survive loss, or how to reconcile permission with love, this conversation offers a thoughtful, Scripture-rich guide.If this episode stirred your thinking, share it with someone who's wrestling with suffering, hit follow so you never miss a study, and leave a rating with your biggest takeaway. What do you think testing most reveals—our limits or God's faithfulness?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if your faith were stripped of every comfort you count on? We take that question to the center of Job's story and hold it up to the modern lure of mammon, where success, safety, and status often masquerade as devotion. From the opening challenge—serve God or money—we follow the logic of a world system built to feed appetite and the deeper logic of a kingdom that forms love through trust, not transaction.Together we walk into the heavenly courtroom where Satan dares God to “strike everything he has.” The audacity is shocking, but the limits matter even more: evil moves only by permission, and permission is not approval. We explore why the adversary misreads Job—projecting his own self-interest, overvaluing his experience with fallen hearts, and mistaking proximity for omniscience. He sees the outside life, the ledger and the losses, and assumes that is all there is. But God sees the root, not just the fruit. That gap—between surface and heart—exposes the fatal flaw in the devil's case.We press into the themes listeners care about: what real worship looks like when the gifts are gone, how sovereign purpose can include pain without becoming cruel, and why love is the thing Satan cannot measure or manipulate. Voices around the table point to salvation by faith, not by outcomes. They name the tenderness of God for his children and the resilience of hearts formed by grace. We also trace the quiet promise in Job's arc: testing reveals, transforms, and ultimately restores. Not because faith earns a payout, but because God finishes what he starts.If you've wondered whether your devotion has drifted toward transaction, this conversation offers a truthful mirror and a hopeful path. Listen, reflect, and share it with someone walking through loss or wrestling with allegiance. And if it moves you, subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: where do you see mammon shaping your choices, and how will you answer it this week?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if the hedge around Job wasn't about preserving his wealth at all, but protecting a heart remade by grace? We take a fresh look at Job 1:6–12 and the enemy's bold wager: strip the gifts and the worship will die. That claim still echoes through modern faith, where comfort often masquerades as confirmation. We push back by tracing the deeper storyline—sovereign decree, human depravity, and the unearnable grace that births new affections.Together we unpack why Satan understands fallen nature so well yet remains blind to redeemed nature. He can predict appetites; he can't account for new birth. That's the crux of his miscalculation with Job and, by extension, with anyone God has gripped by grace. We talk about the difference between providence and luck, why sovereignty doesn't cancel responsibility, and how trials become classrooms where joy is learned, not faked. We also challenge prosperity reflexes shaping pulpits and timelines alike, exposing how equating blessing with love quietly agrees with the accuser's logic.Expect Scripture-first clarity, lived experience, and honest questions: What does grace presume about us? How does a bound will become truly willing? Where do we seek understanding—the algorithm or the Spirit? By the end, you'll see why loss didn't unravel Job's devotion and how that same grace can steady you when your “stuff” shakes. If this conversation helps you see the gospel on every page a little more clearly, share it with a friend, hit follow, and leave a review to tell us what grace is teaching you right now.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if our generosity fuels a stage show while our neighbors go hungry? We wade straight into the tension: glossy sanctuaries, towering screens, and pastors flaunting luxury contrasted with families who can't afford baby formula. We make the case that blind giving isn't faith, it's poor stewardship—and we chart a better path that funds real people, real needs, and real gospel work. You'll hear a simple story of a sheriff opening his home to a grieving family, a living picture of the kind of love churches should model every week.From there, we turn to Job and ask the hard question: why would God allow such crushing loss for a righteous man? Not to learn, but to reveal—his glory, his grace, and the endurance of faith he preserves. We consider how Satan wagered that worship is a transaction and how Job's faith proves otherwise. The friends in Job say many true things to the wrong person, reminding us that discernment matters. When health and wealth fall away, faith that clings to God remains, and that is the treasure no thief can touch.This conversation is a call to action. Support ministries that feed the hungry, print and distribute Bibles, train new pastors, and care for the broken. Ask hard questions about budgets, outcomes, and fruit. Choose impact over image, people over platforms, mission over spectacle. If you're ready to redirect your giving toward measurable good, this is your roadmap and your challenge. Subscribe, share this with a friend who's wrestling with where to give, and leave a review with one concrete way you'll invest in people this week.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if your devotion were put on trial, not by critics online, but before the throne of God? We open Job 1:6–12 and sit with the shock of a scene where Satan accuses, God permits within boundaries, and a faithful man stands to be tested. The famous “hedge” becomes more than a metaphor; it is a fivefold inventory of protection and prosperity that the accuser twists into a claim that worship is just a transaction. We push back on that claim with Scripture, reason, and lived experience.Together we read the text and explore the difference between divine foreknowledge as a hunch and divine decree as certainty. If God truly knows the future, how does he know? We argue the hard but hopeful case: he knows because he orders, and his ordering is never cruel. That frame turns trials into training—limits are set, purpose is preserved, and grace meets us where our strength runs out. Our conversation gets real as panelists share fresh losses, anger, confession, and unexpected courage, showing how Job's questions walk into modern paychecks, deployments, and hard conversations.You'll leave with a clearer view of the fivefold hedge, a deeper grasp of why Satan surveils the righteous, and a practical picture of contentment that holds in feast and famine. Most of all, you'll hear why praise that survives subtraction is the kind of testimony no accusation can erase. If you're navigating setback or staring down uncertainty, this study offers sturdy hope anchored in God's sovereignty and kindness.If this helped steady your heart, follow the show, share it with a friend who's hurting, and leave a quick review so others can find these studies.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if your losses don't mean God left you but prove He's closer than you imagined? We open with laughter, travel plans, and the simple joy of hugging friends again, then move straight into the raw center of the book of Job: accusations, anguish, and an unbroken bond between the Giver and those He loves. Along the way, we weigh a tough claim—do we love God or just His gifts—and ask what a divine hedge actually protects when life burns down.Together, we confront the lie that prosperity guarantees favor and suffering signals failure. You'll hear a father's hard wisdom about friendship, followed by a bolder truth: even our best relationships can't carry the weight that only Christ can bear. We share a gripping testimony of a physician's fall from status to a basement room and how presence—not platitudes—carried him through. Another voice raises a startling question: if everything you counted on was gone, would your heart still say Abba Father? The conversation doesn't dodge pain or tidy it up; it shows how the Spirit witnesses within us when words fail and how real fellowship refuses to be like Job's friends who accused instead of comforted.We press into the text where Satan challenges Job's motives and, ironically, admits something true: God sets a hedge. Not a fence to block every blow but a boundary that keeps faith from failing. We trace how that changes the way we read our own lives—how humility grows when plans collapse, how assurance rests on God's character rather than our performance, and how to show up for people without handing them shame. If you've ever wondered whether you're held when you're hurting, this conversation offers sturdy hope, honest stories, and a better way to measure your life than outcomes.If this resonates, follow the show, share it with someone who needs courage today, and leave a review so others can find these conversations. Tell us: where has God met you in loss?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textIf the hedge around Job wasn't about his wealth, what did God actually protect? We take you inside a spirited, scripture-rich exploration that reframes the classic story: Satan targeted the outside, but God guarded the inside. From a quick tour of Job's opening chapters to the Hebrew nuance of “hedge” as a guarded vineyard wall, we track how divine boundaries limit the enemy while preserving the core that matters—faith, fidelity, and life before God.You'll hear a medical perspective on how Job's afflictions could have been fatal without a supernatural limit, which brings the point home: God set terms that preserved Job's life and, more importantly, the integrity of his faithfulness. We wrestle through Satan's bold claim that loss would provoke cursing and consider an unsettling implication—Satan expects Job to live, and he underestimates where the hedge truly lies. That insight opens to a larger theme: we are kept by God's power, and the enemy's aim is to downgrade the quality of our eternity by shifting our trust from God to gifts.Together we name a simple, demanding pattern drawn straight from the text: be perfect, be upright, fear God, eschew evil. Not perfectionism, but wholeness; not image, but inner reality. Along the way, we challenge the modern reflex to equate blessing with accumulation and call out the danger of a system that rewards the external while neglecting the heart. Job's story exposes that trap and invites a different measure of success: a faith God plants and God preserves, even when everything else falls away.If this conversation sparked fresh thinking about suffering, protection, and what God values most, hit follow, share it with a friend who needs this perspective, and leave a quick review to help others find the show.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textWhat if the fiercest test of faith isn't loss itself but the accusation behind it—that you only love God for what He gives? We walk through Job's opening drama, where Satan calls Job “spoiled,” and we examine how that lie still stalks modern faith, especially in seasons of comfort and prosperity.We open with the antichrist spirit and the drift that follows unchecked prosperity, then ground the conversation in Scripture: 1 Samuel's unblushing claim that the Lord brings low and lifts up, and James' steadying call to be swift to hear and slow to wrath. From there, we tackle narcissism as the pattern of rebellion, the way it fuels enmity toward God, and how focusing on things above breaks its spell. The Job narrative becomes a lens for spiritual warfare: Satan recognizes God as the source of all good yet twists motive into accusation, insisting devotion is just payment for perks.The conversation pushes deeper into theology and hope. We contrast the angels' fall with the grace given to humanity—Christ provided a Savior for us, not for them—and wrestle with why so much bad doctrine starts with a soft view of human nature. If we're merely wounded, willpower looks heroic; if we're dead in sin, salvation is a sovereign resurrection. Colossians' warning against “will worship” lands with force, reframing faith as gift rather than self-generated achievement. Against that backdrop, Job's hedge of protection makes sense: God may lower it for a time, yet He guards what matters most—our life in Him and the quality of our eternity.Expect a candid, Scripture-soaked journey that blends theology with practical wisdom: how prosperity can rot conviction, why trials purify love, and how to anchor your heart when motives are under fire. If you've ever wondered whether your devotion would survive without benefits, this conversation offers clarity and courage.If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who's in a storm, and leave a review with one insight you're taking into the week. Your words help others find hope.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

On today's episode of The Feed, I sat down with Eli Feldman of Shybird and Ivan Romero of Kintow for a special conversation about the future of AI agents in the restaurant industry. In this episode, we dive into why there's been a sudden explosion of AI startups in food, what the best use cases are for this technology, and the landscape of large incumbents and smaller companies attacking the problem from both ends.

Send us a textWhat if the worst day of your life was not a spiritual ambush but a sovereign appointment? We open the book of Job and trace a hard but hopeful line: God permits and sets the limits, Satan merely acts as the instrument, and the purpose is your refinement, not your ruin. That single shift—seeing the Surgeon instead of staring at the scalpel—changes how we pray, endure, and worship when the ground gives way.We walk through Job's opening scene where God commends His servant and grants permission with boundaries, revealing a world ruled by wisdom, not chaos. From there, we tackle a common mistake: attributing to the enemy what God authors for our good. That confusion not only robs us of comfort; it quietly dishonors the Lord. We explore how Proverbs reframes correction as love, why rejoicing in trials is a learned reflex, and how endurance grows when Scripture retrains our instincts. Along the way, we confront performative Christianity—public display without private integrity—and ask whether our devotion holds when applause fades and losses mount.This conversation also zooms out to the state of the modern church. Distractions multiply, easy-believism spreads, and fear-of-the-enemy theology steals attention from the One who actually holds power. Yet hope remains: Christ keeps a people who love the Word, embrace discipline, and refuse to bow to comfort. Real ministry looks like real-time care, honest questions, and a shared commitment to suffer well under God's hand. If your faith has been shaken by hardship, consider this a steadying invitation to trust the God who wounds to heal, tests to prove, and prunes to make you fruitful.If this reframed your view of suffering, share the episode, leave a review, and subscribe so you won't miss what's next. Your story could help someone else find courage when the knife feels closest.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textA quiet courtroom opens in Job 1 and everything we think we know about suffering, sovereignty, and spiritual warfare gets tested. We read the passage aloud, then zero in on God's arresting line in verse 8: “Have you considered my servant Job?” From there, we trace how Satan targets the “top brass,” why his reach is always limited by divine permission, and what it means that God commends character before prosperity—blameless, upright, God‑fearing, one who turns from evil.You'll hear the panel wrestle with honest questions: Can faith love God for God's sake when gifts are stripped away? How do we hold the tension between real grief and rock‑solid providence? We draw threads from Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Psalms to show how Scripture steadies the heart against sudden fear and invites us to sit at the King's table even in the presence of enemies. Along the way, a tender moment of loss becomes a living commentary: we pause the routine to carry a brother's burden and pray for a grieving family, letting theology take on flesh.The conversation builds to a hopeful awe: God speaks first, sets the hedge, and will speak last. Satan walks to and fro; the Lord reigns without strain. Job's testing becomes a mirror for us—integrity is not a slogan but a practiced posture of worship when blessings are many and when they are gone. If you need a deeper view of sovereignty that comforts rather than crushes, or a clearer grasp of spiritual warfare that resists fear, this is your seat at the table.If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage today, and leave a review to help others find the conversation.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textImagine God saying, “Have you considered my servant?” and then speaking your name. That's the unsettling and hopeful doorway we step through as we explore the opening movement of Job: a scene where God commends a human life before any accusation lands, and a trial unfolds not as punishment but as proof. We trace how this changes the way we interpret hardship, moving past karma-thinking and easy blame to the deeper reality that God looks at the heart and delights to show genuine faith resilient under pressure.We unpack the weight of being called “my servant,” a title of identity that anchors us when comfort slips. Together we talk about integrity before outcomes, how sanctification often advances most in the dark, and why contentment is not passivity but allegiance when circumstances shift. You'll hear candid reflections on losing what the world counts as gain, on trusting a plan we cannot yet see, and on the quiet strength of community and marriage when friends falter. Through it all, we return to a core hierarchy: suffering is tertiary, how we suffer is secondary, and God's glory stands first.If you've ever wondered whether your pain is proof you failed, this conversation offers a different lens. We ask the question that Job never heard but we can: what would God's testimony about your heart be today? Come away with a sharper view of faithful endurance, a renewed resolve to suffer well, and a practical awareness that trials can shape you into the likeness of Christ. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage, and leave a review to help more people find these conversations.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us a textIf applause and luxury define our worship, what have we actually crowned? We open with a candid look at the modern church's obsession with celebrity—from pastors parading status symbols to congregations cheering the show—and ask what that says about our view of Christ. The challenge is blunt: only Jesus deserves fame. When we elevate personalities, we trespass on holy ground reserved for the Savior.To rebuild our bearings, we sit with God's own words about Job: perfect and upright, God-fearing, and one who turns from evil. We unpack “perfect” as completeness rather than sinlessness—a heart made whole, a life aligned with its confession, integrity that holds under pressure. Uprightness becomes more than honesty; it's dealing straight in speech, business, and witness, refusing to cheat others or the truth. From there we trace how the fear of God serves as the root of authentic worship, and how shunning evil is the fruit that proves it. Wisdom emerges not as mere knowledge but as skillful living—choices that honor God in the ordinary and the painful.We also engage the tension in 1 Corinthians 13. What does “that which is perfect” mean? We make a case for completeness—Scripture's finished revelation—over hype around ongoing sign gifts. Love never fails, but provisional signs were given to authenticate messengers until the foundation was laid. Today, the Word stands sufficient to equip the church for every good work. This isn't a dismissal of God's power; it's a recommitment to the authority He has already given us.Threading through it all is Satan's old accusation: you only serve God for gain. Prosperity teaching turns worship into a transaction and makes his charge plausible. God's commendation of Job demolishes that logic, showing that true piety exists and endures even when comfort disappears. That same comfort is ours: Christ is our advocate, our commendation before the Father. Let's trade spectacle for reverence, argument for integrity, and brand-building for bold witness to Jesus.If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who's wrestling with church culture, and leave a review with your take on what “fearing God” looks like in real life. Your voice helps this conversation reach more listeners ready for a deeper faith.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!