Job Through New Eyes: A Son for Glory
What would happen if a truly Christian mind were anchored to the text of Scripture? What might happen then? You are holding the answer to that question in your hands. Too often textual anchoring is confused with pedantry, and textual creativity is confused with a helium balloon floating away from the state fair. Couple this with the fact that if ever there was a book of the Bible that would reward a fusion of this kind of creative faithfulness, it is the book of Job. Circumstances have therefore conspired in such a way that I need to plead with you to get this book. --Douglas J. Wilson - Christ Church - Moscow, IDThe book is a gift to the church because it is both practical and pastoral. Practically, it helps us understand one of the more misunderstood and mysterious books in the Bible. With clarity, precision, and a winsome style, Sumpter unpacks the book of Job for—the rest of us,— spreading a feast for the mind of the reader. Pastorally, this book does what all good books should do it teaches us how to live. Through the lens of Job's horrific suffering, this book points us, in all of our suffering to that gritty hope that--all sons of the Father --have in Christ the hope of resurrection. Sumpter calls us to immerse ourselves in Job's story with eyes of faith so that we might see the drama of Job's life for what it truly is: a call to bank everything on the God of the Storm who, in omnipotent love, withholds nothing in order to fit and fashion his children for the glory and eternal joy of His presence. I highly recommend this book. --Scott Anderson - Executive Director of Desiring GodA Son for Glory exhibits the same qualities I have admired in Toby Sumpter during the years we have been pastors together—biblical insight, theological creativity, pastoral zeal, vivid and vigorous writing. Toby presents a fresh angle on a book that everyone thinks they already know, showing that Job is not merely a story of suffering but a Christian story of maturation through suffering. This electrifying storm of a book is the first, but certainly not the last, from this gifted pastor-theologian. --Dr. Peter. J. LeithartThe book is a gift to the church because it is both practical and pastoral. Practically, it helps us understand one of the more misunderstood and mysterious books in the Bible. With clarity, precision, and a winsome style, Sumpter unpacks the book of Job for—the rest of us,— spreading a feast for the mind of the reader. Pastorally, this book does what all good books should do it teaches us how to live. Through the lens of Job's horrific suffering, this book points us, in all of our suffering to that gritty hope that--all sons of the Father --have in Christ the hope of resurrection. Sumpter calls us to immerse ourselves in Job's story with eyes of faith so that we might see the drama of Job's life for what it truly is: a call to bank everything on the God of the Storm who, in omnipotent love, withholds nothing in order to fit and fashion his children for the glory and eternal joy of His presence. I highly recommend this book. --Scott Anderson - Executive Director of Desiring GodA Son for Glory exhibits the same qualities I have admired in Toby Sumpter during the years we have been pastors together—biblical insight, theological creativity, pastoral zeal, vivid and vigorous writing. Toby presents a fresh angle on a book that everyone thinks they already know, showing that Job is not merely a story of suffering but a Christian story of maturation through suffering. This electrifying storm of a book is the first, but certainly not the last, from this gifted pastor-theologian. --Dr. Peter. J. Leithart