About this title: Pain and suffering are all too common in our world, both on a wider scale with war and famine, for example, and on a very personal level. How can a loving God allow such suffering? To ask such a question is "honest, reasonable even" (Joni Eareckson Tada), and yet a valid answer is frequently not given. As Yancey himself says: "many suffering people want to love God, but cannot see past their tears. They feel hurt and betrayed. Sadly, the Church often responds with more confusion than comfort." Yancey's achievement is a compassionate treatment of one of life's deepest mysteries, approaching ...
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Edition: Revised, Expanded ed
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780310354116ISBN:0310354110
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Edition: Revised, Expanded ed
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780310354116ISBN:0310354110
Description: Very Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Previous Owner's Inscription. read more
Edition: Revised, Expanded ed
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780310354116ISBN:0310354110
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Previous Owner's Inscription. read more
Edition: Revised, Expanded ed
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780310354116ISBN:0310354110
Description: Very Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: HarperPaperbacks, New York
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780061040078ISBN:006104007X
Description: Good. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. The book is very solid with unmarked pages. The cover has minor shelf wear & moderate edge wear. The spine has a few creases. read more
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Description: Good. 0310354102 This 1979 book evidences typical use; prior owner has already marked only a couple of significant bits. Its cover shows only minor shelf wear, a couple of creases and faint stains. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative. read more
Edition: Revised, Expanded ed.
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780310354116ISBN:0310354110
Description: Good. 0310354110 Campus Life edition. There are no markings beyond an inscription on the flyleaf. The cover shows only minor shelf wear, has a sticker. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative. read more
Edition: Custom ed.
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780310247272ISBN:0310247276
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Edition: Revised, Expanded ed.
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780310354116ISBN:0310354110
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Edition: Revised, Expanded ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780310354116ISBN:0310354110
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. shelf wear to covers, crease to fr cov, text clean and unmarked. read more
Edition: Revised, Expanded ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780310354116ISBN:0310354110
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 187 p. Audience: General/trade. shelf wear, spine crease, dog ear, text clean and unmarked. read more
Edition: Revised, Expanded ed.
Binding: Paper Back
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780310354116ISBN:0310354110
Description: Used. Differnt cover art than shown in image Slight rubbing damage to corners and edges. Cover shows some scuffing. All books are boxed and ship via USPS with delivery confirmation. read more
"This book helped me get through my direst time. It made me open my eyes to the fact that pain, however meaningless it seemed to me at the moment, is a gift to be treasured and given attention to. We cannot turn it off no matter how we desperately want to BECAUSE it is meant to warn us of something we should stay away from. Pain serves as a warning system and makes us aware of the things we are not to do again. And no matter how we try to run away from pain, it'll still hurt and will hurt some more. I have come to thinking that pain is not meant to be avoided but should be dealt with. Pain is not an accident but is God's precious gift to us... to help us distinguish what it's like to be happy and what it's like to be care free. We ask where God is when it hurts but we seem to forget to ask where He is when it doesn't hurt. We pray for Him to take away the pain but we do not realize that He is hurting the most for us. We seem to ask for the wrong things because we keep asking Him to take away the pain. Instead, we must pray that we learn the lessons we are meant to learn.
"As we rely on God, and trust His Spirit to mold us in His image, true hope takes shape within us, "a hope that does not disappoint." We can literally become better persons because of suffering. Pain, however meaningless it may seem at the time, can be transformed. Where is God when it hurts? He is in US --- not int the things that hurt --- helping to transform good into bad.""
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