JOB: My Ugly Priest: Discovering the Heart of God in Job

Job is a book to be experienced more than explained. Without tears, a broken heart, and sorrows, it can seem depressing, complicated, and out-of-date. Jamie J Stilson, Pastor of Cape Vineyard Community Church, invites us to reconsider the deeper truth revealed to us in Job's trials and struggle with faith. Job serves us as an ugly priest, not ugly in the physical sense, but as a flawed, weak, ordinary human.Jamie shows us that this "ugliness" doesn't disqualify him from being our priest, on the contrary, it makes Job accessible and relatable to us as an ugly priest. Through the story of Job, Jesus will confront us with the decision to trust God even in darkness. This trust can only be found as one discovers, like Job, the gracious heart of God.Through the story of Job, Jesus will confront us with the decision to trust in God even in the darkness. This trust can only be found as one discovers, like Job, the gracious heart of God.--------"You hold a sacred thing in your hand right now, made so by the spiritual gifts that came out of the tragedy of Hurricane Ian, which devastated Southwest Florida in 2022. Out of that devastation God allowed honey to flow. This book contains some of that honey... read it to engage, not in cerebral-theological debate, but in spiritual-transformational renewal. Read it not to understand the text, but to encounter God's heart." -Costa Mitchell, Former National Director of Vineyard South Africa"There may not be a better moment than right now to take this book and to consider how it might help you on your pilgrimage. You, as a pilgrim, who wants to excavate truth and the possibilities of following God in the light of your own brokenness and frailties." -Phil Strout, Former National Director of Vineyard USA Read more