Sarcasm

Job Replies to His Three Friends

All three of Job’s friends have spoken, and now it is his turn to speak again (v. l). Though he was in pain, he could still think. He opens with a sarcastic reference to the comments of all three visitors and accuses them of talking as if all wisdom began and ended with the …

IllustrationNot Raising Hog Business

My father-in-law used to tell a story about getting into the “not raising hog business.” He told how the government would pay a farmer for not raising hogs. Someone wrote and asked, “What are the best kinds of hogs NOT to raise and what is the best kind of fa …