The book of Job is a catechism on the theology of the cross. Throughout the centuries countless believers, bruised by the rod of suffering,
have embarked on a pilgrimage into the heart of this ancient story to inquire, "Why do the innocent suffer?" Many have retreated from the
answers sadly disappointed, others passionately frustrated, and still others-like Job-faithfully content. Perhaps the reason some find the
answers inadequate is because they have failed to ponder a far weightier question, "How is God known by man?" Truly, that question lurks
behind every syllable of this holy book. And it is that question which jerks the head of the sufferer upward, and rivets our eyes on the cross
of Jesus Christ. For only there is the divine understanding of suffering revealed.