A Christian's Pocket Guide to Suffering: How God Shapes Us through Pain and Tragedy (Brian H. Cosby)

Description

When tragedy strikes-the death of a child, hurricanes, a school shooting-we begin looking for an escape from the pain, a way out, or we clamor for answers from a panel of religious "experts" to explain the ever-present question, "Why?" We want answers and we want to believe that our suffering isn't meaningless.

A Christian's Pocket Guide to Suffering seeks to simply, but clearly, present a biblical view of suffering so that your feet might land on the solid foundation of God's Word and the God of that Word and, there, find understanding and hope. All other ground is sinking sand.

Sample Chapter

A Christian's Pocket Guide to Suffering: How God Shapes Us through Pain and Tragedy

Endorsements

Here is one small book addressing one monumental subject in the one essential way--filling our minds with and directing our hearts to the truths of Scripture. Brian Cosby serves the church and those suffering well with this helpful, pastoral, and wise volume on sufferring. In these pages you will find help with a reality we all must wrestle with and will eventually experience to some degree.

Jason Helopoulos, Senior Pastor, University Reformed Church, East Lansing, Michigan

Table of Contents

Preface ix

1  Where Does Suffering Come From? 1

2  Suffering and the Sovereignty of God 13

3  Why Does God Ordain Suffering? 27

4  How to Rightly Respond During Suffering 41

5  Finding Hope in the Midst of Suffering 51

6 Ministering to Sufferers 69

Suggestions for Further Reading 79

Endnotes 81

Product Details

Title: A Christian's Pocket Guide to Suffering: How God Shapes Us through Pain and Tragedy  

Author: Brian H. Cosby

Publisher: Christian Focus

Pages: 96

Binding: Paperback

Size: 17.8 x 11.0 x 0.7 cm

ISBN: 9781781916469