Christian Caregiving: Insights from the Book of Job [Paperback]

William Edward Hulme (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 118 pages
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House (January 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0570045649
• ISBN-13: 978-0570045649
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,360,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christian Caregiving - Insights from the Book of Job, February 1, 2000

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Tara Lee McPeak (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christian Caregiving: Insights from the Book of Job (Paperback)

EXCELLENT! If you are looking for a biblical way to help the suffering soul I encourage you to buy this book. This book helps to clarify how you can point people back to God for their answers. It helped me to show people how to seek help and healing from the only One who can touch the wound of the soul. Only God "heals the brokenhearted and binds their wounds" (Psalm 147:3). You can learn how to direct people to Him. I hope you love the book as much as I do!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Treating Job as a Verbatum, July 30, 2005

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Matthew Gunia (Justice, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christian Caregiving: Insights from the Book of Job (Paperback)

William Hulme is a professor of Pastoral Theology at Luther Northwestern Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota and is also the author of three previous books on pastoral counseling. In this volume, he takes a unique look at the Biblical book of Job--creating not a verse by verse exegetical commentary, but rather shares his thoughts and insights as a pastoral counselor.

This treatment of Job as a Counseling Verbatum proved to be very helpful and enjoyable to this reader. As one trained both in theolgoy and counseling, Hulme displayed practical, on-target commentary in both areas.

Hulme takes the reader through the book of Job and introduces us to Job's original state of mind. Then he examines each of Job's counselors (Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar, and Elihu), and critiques their counseling style and subsequent results. He points out helpful counseling techniques (and how to apply them in a modern context), shows the reader what is counterproductive (and how to avoid them in a modern context), and explains possible motivations for the comments of all the men involved in the story.

This book will certainly not replace a pastorl counseling textbook nor will it replace an exegetical commentary on Job, but it is a welcome addition to each one. It leaves this reader with feelings of empowerment should I have to counsel a suffering brother or sister in Christ. It also influences my reading of the book of Job as I have a more complete understanding of the inter and intra personal dynamics at play within the story. This book will remain on my bookshelf. Recommended.