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This is an amazing book that everyone should read. I read it twice while going thru cancer. God is in me and near me no matter what happens.
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I think this book will help those who are dealing with chronis pain.
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Every thinking Christian has to answer the very difficult question: Where is God when it hurts? Or more to the point: Why would a loving God allow pain and suffering? These questions have echoed down through the ages with few satisfying answers, and atheists often use the question as a kind of trump card to dispel faith. But Yancy takes on the question with surprising frankness. There are no glib platitudes here, but rather a deep and thoughtful look into problem and possible clues into a better understanding of the factors involved. No, Virginia, there is no quick and easy answer to the question of pain, but there is a kind of satisfaction that can be found in a better understanding of the problem and a bit more faith in the God who allows it.
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From the back cover:
Why, in a world of love, is there so much pain? Is pain God's big mistake? Is there a message behind the suffering? Where is God when it hurts?
Here is a true inspirational classic, a revealing, loving, and powerful book that deals realistically with crises of pain and suffering in all our lives. Philip Yancey takes us into his own life and others' lives to witness what few of us have ever seen: the true purpose of pain. Using examples from the Bible and the spiritual experiences of lifetimes, WHERE IS GOD WHEN IT HURTS? frees us from fear and opens new doors of understanding and hope.
"A classic.... It probes aspects of pain that C.S. Lewis never touches and draws upon the lives of suffering saints from John Donne to Joni Eareckson."
-William J. Petersen, ETERNITY
"I've read everything I can get my hands on about the problem of pain and evil, and this book is the clearest, most practical thing I've read."
-Keith Miller
"By the time you get to the end of these chapters your heart is crying out, 'Thank you, God, for pain!'"
-Paul Harvey News
"What a book. A masterpiece."
-Jerry Jenkins, MOODY MONTHLY
Why, in a world of love, is there so much pain? Is pain God's big mistake? Is there a message behind the suffering? Where is God when it hurts?
Here is a true inspirational classic, a revealing, loving, and powerful book that deals realistically with crises of pain and suffering in all our lives. Philip Yancey takes us into his own life and others' lives to witness what few of us have ever seen: the true purpose of pain. Using examples from the Bible and the spiritual experiences of lifetimes, WHERE IS GOD WHEN IT HURTS? frees us from fear and opens new doors of understanding and hope.
"A classic.... It probes aspects of pain that C.S. Lewis never touches and draws upon the lives of suffering saints from John Donne to Joni Eareckson."
-William J. Petersen, ETERNITY
"I've read everything I can get my hands on about the problem of pain and evil, and this book is the clearest, most practical thing I've read."
-Keith Miller
"By the time you get to the end of these chapters your heart is crying out, 'Thank you, God, for pain!'"
-Paul Harvey News
"What a book. A masterpiece."
-Jerry Jenkins, MOODY MONTHLY
