The controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me So explains how Christians mistake βcertaintyβ and βcorrect beliefβ for faith when what God really desires is trust and intimacy. With compelling and often humorous stories from his own life, Bible scholar Peter Enns offers
When God Weeps Why Our Sufferin
β Scribed by Joni Eareckson Tada / Steven Estes
- Book ID
- 100606979
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0310874181
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A must-read for anyone who has ever asked God, "Why me?"
It's easy to trust God when things are going our way and the world makes sense. But when suffering strikes--especially seemingly senseless suffering--we are filled with doubt and stunned by events spiraling beyond our control.
In the midst of suffering, we often question the very foundation of our faith--our belief in the God who says he loves us. Since our trust and obedience rest on God's character, the questions that life's tragedies force us to face are difficult, even frightening:
- Who is God?
- Can he really be trusted?
- What are his purposes in the face of suffering?
- If he can stop suffering, why doesn't he?
Joni Eareckson Tada, a woman who has lived in a wheelchair for more than thirty years, and Steve Estes, a pastor and one of Joni's closest friends, explore the answers. When God Weeps is not so much a book about...
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