Old Testament Readings & Devotionals, Volume 1 features Genesis and Job. In "The Old Testament Books Made Simple" (2009) James Smith states, "Genesis stresses that through faith man relates to his Creator. Faith is a fundamental principle of life. Failure in faith is failure in life." Job provides a perspective on suffering.Gain encouragement from the patriarchs of faith for your spiritual walk with chronological readings through the Bible and insights on daily application of scripture from Robert Hawker, Charles H. Spurgeon, and Octavius Winslow.