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Join Ben and Josh as we continue our conversations about Job, this week focusing on his faith in the midst of uncertainty and ignorance.

Join Ben and Josh as they talk about how our friends influence us and when we might need to limit our relationships with bad friends.

Ben and Josh continue looking at the 'wisdom' of Job's friends with the words of Zophar - perhaps one of the earliest prosperity gospel preachers.

When suffering hits, the temptation is to treat God like a calculator: good behavior in, blessing out. But Bildad’s logic in Job 8 exposes a far deeper problem - not just bad theology, but the pride of assuming we can always explain what God is doing. Josh and Ben unpack the speech of Job’s friend Bildad and show why his theory of divine justice falls short. If you’ve ever wondered whether hardship means punishment, whether obedience guarantees immediate reward, or why some pain makes sense only in hindsight, this conversation gives you a clearer, more biblical framework. This episode will challenge you to stop pretending you can read God’s mind and start trusting his wisdom instead.

Join Ben and Josh with another section of Job and discussion about the causes of suffering.

When do complaints to God cross a line? What should lamentation look like? Join Ben and Josh to find out!

Welcome to Season 10! We're diving into Job y'all!

Before we get into Season 10, Ben and Josh talk a little bit about "behind the scenes" of the LCMS and what they each might want to change.

Join us for the finale of season nine of Cross Checking on worship and discipleship!

Check out the latest episode of our podcast, Cross Checking, where Ben and Josh talk about personal devotion and how it can impact our discipleship!

Watch out everybody, Ben is giving Josh an excuse to talk about building community as a means for discipleship.

Join Ben and Josh as the season continues and our attention turns from what discipleship looks like to how we actually accomplish it.

Listen in as Ben and Josh hop on a little bit of a soapbox-y tangent about correction, reconciliation, and public rebuke.

Listen in as your incredibly well seasoned hosts who are in their thirties talk about discipleship in retirement.

We're in this together, and you are paradoxically more and less important than you think you are.Book referenced in the episode.