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Where Is God When It Hurts?
written by Philip Yancey
Studio : Zondervan Publishing Company
by Zondervan Publishing Company
Publisher : Zondervan Publishing Company
Released : 2001-10-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780310247272
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 37 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $0.50
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This special Red Cross trade paper edition includes a brand new foreword from the author. All publisher profits and author royalties will go to benefit the American Red Cross. This perennial best-seller, now in a revised and expanded edition, includes a study guide. The book and study materials focus on the role of pain in God's plan for life and how we can respond to it. |
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A helpful resource |
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Yancey deals with a number of issues vital to the discussion of pain and writes with great sensitivity, insight and clarity. He redefines the nature and purpose of pain, debunks the "health and wealth" theology, addresses the activity of God in pain, how to help people who are experiencing pain and gives lessons we can learn from pain. This is a wonderful resource for anyone going through a painful time or those who work in ministry, counseling, etc. Highly recommended. |
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Saving the Best For the End (of the Book and Perhaps Life)... |
For most of the book, it is a rather journeyman, though sometimes inspired, look at pain and suffering. Well told, well done, well written, perhaps, but lacking the intensity of thought and insight that have always characterized Philip Yancey....
Then comes the end, where he pulls it all together in Part 5, "How Does Faith Help?" Then Philip Yancey writes like Philip Yancey..sharp, to the point, moving and inspirational.
A comparison might be the Old Testament to the New Testament. The New Testament alone is riveting and powerful, but, taken with the Old Testament, it becomes the Bible, the whole story of God's effort to communicate with man and man's effort to make sense of it. The New Testament is much more meaningful after having read the Old Testament.
It may be the same with this book. The first four parts,"Why Is There Such a Thing as Pain?," "Is Pain a Message from God?," How People Respond to Suffering" and "How CanWe Cope With Pain?" combine to make the fifth and final section so moving and powerful.
All of the parts (listed above)are meaningful and good. We all find ourselves at various points in our lives asking the questions and relating to the points raised in the first four parts, but Part 5 brings it all together and Yancey becomes Yancey again.
Not his best, but certainly worth the read. Certainly!! Especially if you are dealing with, anticipate dealing with or just plain wonder about pain, suffering and the presence/absence of God. |
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Everyone else has said it all |
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Everyone else has said it all about this book. I believe this book is a must for everyone's library. I think Yancey is brillant. |
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doesn't do itself justice |
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I can see why Yancey is such a popular Christian writer. He has an empathy and ability about him that draws you in. He is an excellent writer, but while he wrote about pain, he never really answered his own question. We don't particularly understand pain any better or much of why God allows it, though Yancey does touch on it. He just didn't spend enough time developing the book. You could see where he got started and just petered out. I'd like to see this great writer tackle the subject again, this time carrying it through to its conclusion. |
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Yancey is brilliant. |
Phillip Yancey asks such probing questions and is diligent about helping his readers find Biblical answers. He is not afraid to question, but has an abiding faith which shines through the book. |
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