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Be still, my soul : embracing God's purpose and provision in suffering / edited by Nancy Guthrie.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, (c)2010.Edition: UnabridgeditionDescription: 175 pages ; 20 cm; 4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781433511851
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV4909 .B478 2010
  • BV4909
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Contents:
Suffering: The servant of our joy/ Tim Keller -- The gift of pain/ Philip Yancey -- God's plan A/ Joni Eareckson Tada -- When we don't know why, we trust God who knows why/ Os Guinness -- Is there such a thing as senseless tragedy? / R. C. Sproul -- Illumined by the light of divine providence/ John Calvin -- A profound answer to the pressing question, "Why?" / Wilson Benton Jr. -- Bearing suffering/ Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- No sorrow like Jesus' sorrow/ John Newton
Just what you need, just in time/ Corrie ten Boom -- Dark valleys/ Sinclair Ferguson -- Hoped-for healing/ J. I. Packer -- Happy in affliction/ Thomas Manton -- Power in weakness/ John Piper -- To suffer as Christ did/ Martin Luther -- Learning to be content/ Jeremiah Burroughs -- Refuge and rest in Christ/ Jonathan Edwards.
The God we had we lose/ Abraham Kuyper -- When cost becomes privilege/ Helen Roseveare -- Prepared for usefulness/ A. W. Tozer -- The test of a crisis/ Martyn Lloyd-Jones -- Too good to suffer? / St. Augustine -- Faith tried and proved/ Charles Haddon Spurgeon -- Choosing trust/ Jerry Bridges -- Dying well/ D. A. Carson
Subject: Collection of 25 short readings drawn from classic and contemporary theologians, Bible teachers, and missionaries will encourage anyone going through a period of trial.Subject: Since the beginning of humanity, the question of suffering-why it happens and how God works in it-has existed. What are you doing, God? Why is this happening? Where are you? These questions fill our thoughts when we experience deep pain and tragedy. Having lost two young children who suffered from a rare and incurable disease, editor Nancy Guthrie has put together this helpful collection of short readings exploring the question of suffering. This anthology includes essays from both classic and contemporary theologians, Bible teachers, and missionaries such as John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John Piper, Corrie ten Boom, Joni Eareckson Tada, and Helen Roseveare. Each entry expounds on a Bible verse, leading readers to see and be comforted by God's perspective, purpose, and provision in suffering. https://www.amazon.com/Still-Classic-Contemporary-Readings-Problem/dp/1433511851/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9781433511851&qid=1593629832&s=books&sr=1-1
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Compact discs.

PART ONE: GOD'S PERSPECTIVE ON SUFFERING -- Suffering: The servant of our joy/ Tim Keller -- The gift of pain/ Philip Yancey -- God's plan A/ Joni Eareckson Tada -- When we don't know why, we trust God who knows why/ Os Guinness -- Is there such a thing as senseless tragedy? / R. C. Sproul -- Illumined by the light of divine providence/ John Calvin -- A profound answer to the pressing question, "Why?" / Wilson Benton Jr. -- Bearing suffering/ Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- No sorrow like Jesus' sorrow/ John Newton

PART THREE: GOD'S Puerto RicoOVISION Indiana SUFFERING -- Just what you need, just in time/ Corrie ten Boom -- Dark valleys/ Sinclair Ferguson -- Hoped-for healing/ J. I. Packer -- Happy in affliction/ Thomas Manton -- Power in weakness/ John Piper -- To suffer as Christ did/ Martin Luther -- Learning to be content/ Jeremiah Burroughs -- Refuge and rest in Christ/ Jonathan Edwards.

PART TWO: GOD'S PURPOSE Indiana SUFFERING -- The God we had we lose/ Abraham Kuyper -- When cost becomes privilege/ Helen Roseveare -- Prepared for usefulness/ A. W. Tozer -- The test of a crisis/ Martyn Lloyd-Jones -- Too good to suffer? / St. Augustine -- Faith tried and proved/ Charles Haddon Spurgeon -- Choosing trust/ Jerry Bridges -- Dying well/ D. A. Carson

Collection of 25 short readings drawn from classic and contemporary theologians, Bible teachers, and missionaries will encourage anyone going through a period of trial.

Since the beginning of humanity, the question of suffering-why it happens and how God works in it-has existed. What are you doing, God? Why is this happening? Where are you? These questions fill our thoughts when we experience deep pain and tragedy. Having lost two young children who suffered from a rare and incurable disease, editor Nancy Guthrie has put together this helpful collection of short readings exploring the question of suffering. This anthology includes essays from both classic and contemporary theologians, Bible teachers, and missionaries such as John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John Piper, Corrie ten Boom, Joni Eareckson Tada, and Helen Roseveare. Each entry expounds on a Bible verse, leading readers to see and be comforted by God's perspective, purpose, and provision in suffering.

https://www.amazon.com/Still-Classic-Contemporary-Readings-Problem/dp/1433511851/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9781433511851&qid=1593629832&s=books&sr=1-1

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