How long, O Lord? : reflections on suffering and evil /

Carson, D. A.,

How long, O Lord? : reflections on suffering and evil / D.A. Carson. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Book House ; (c)1990. Leicester, England : Inter-Varsity Press, (c)1990. - 275 pages ; 23 cm.



Thinking about suffering and evil. -- First steps ; -- False steps -- Parts of the puzzle : biblical themes for suffering people. -- The price of sin ; -- Social evils, poverty, war, natural disasters ; -- The suffering people of God ; -- Curses and holy wars--and hell ; -- Illness, death, bereavement ; -- From the vantage of the end ; -- Job : mystery and faith ; -- The suffering God -- Glimpses of the whole puzzle : evil and suffering in the world of a good and sovereign God. -- The mystery of providence ; -- The comfort of providence : learning to trust ; -- Some pastoral reflections.



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Good and evil.
Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Theodicy.

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