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In this book, the author, an international evangelist, examines the difficult questions that arise as a result of the human condition. He seeks to send a message of hope to all those who are uncertain or confused by the paradoxes in life and faith.
Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. Published March 1st by Lutterworth Press first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions 5. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Add this book to your favorite list ». Community Reviews. When we get home to heaven, we will finally see His purposes even in the tragedies of life.
Tragedy can serve as a wake-up call. Oxford professor C. A stubborn, secular, and even blasphemous society sometimes will be stopped short only when a tragedy of national proportions takes place. In the flood of the media reports, sometimes redemptive truth gets out. There is something so profound about Calvary that even people whose religion has nothing to do with Christianity, even people who reject Christ both intellectually and verbally, nevertheless are gripped by the story.
Thank God, perhaps, that He allows tragedy to so grab people. But what a shame that it takes such a horrendous wake-up call for us to open our sleepy eyes.
It is possible to embrace hope even in the midst of tragedy. I cannot imagine what it would be like to endure a tragedy without the hope that God offers. Without Jesus Christ, there is no hope. There is simply an eternal, black, cold, and unrelenting void.
What a miserable way to end life. I think unbelievers must, from time to time, wish that they had the hope of eternal life and a home in heaven. But of course, they have no such thing.
Instead they have cynicism. Of course, we Christians grieve when those we love are taken from us, but we do not grieve as those who have no hope. Even in our time of sorrow and pain the Psalmist tells us that God is our refuge and strength, which means that He is the One who shelters us and enables us to make it through the difficult seasons of our lives.
Comfort and healing comes from the presence of God. God becomes present to them through us. We are never alone in our sufferings. There is a difference in God permitting bad things to happen and God actually being the one who causes them.
We see in the book of Job that God allows evil by setting parameters on Satan. Job demonstrates the authority of God through emphasizing His limitation on Satan. God has not only given us the comfort of His presence, but He has given us His precious Word to comfort, heal, and guide us in the midst of our trials and suffering. In a similar way we are to share the word with others who are in times suffering.
We also see that there are others in the Bible who went through difficult times, but overcame.
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