How Job Fulfills God’s Word to Cain

Ronald S. Hendel’s article, “When God Acts Immorally—Is the Bible a Good Book?” BR 07:03, obviously touched a raw nerve. In examining the story of Cain, Hendel suggested that God may not be a perfect God, but a good God nevertheless, and that the Bible may not be a wholly good book, but a “good enough” book. Judging from the outpouring of letters that followed, many readers took exception—even offense—at Hendel’s reading of the story.a Without going over the same ground as Hendel and the subsequent letter writers, it might be fruitful to review the story of Cain […]