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Be Still, My Soul: Embracing God's Purpose and Provision in Suffering
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Be Still, My Soul: Embracing God's Purpose and Provision in Suffering (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Nancy Guthrie (Editor) (edit contributors)

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This exceptional collection of twenty-five short readings drawn from the writings or sermons of classic and contemporary theologians and Bible teachers will encourage anyone seeking to make sense of suffering. All of us know what it is to suffer, from the loss of a job, the end of a... read more

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Preface

Part One: God's Perspective on Suffering
1. Suffering: The Servant of Our Joy -- Tim Keller
2. The Gift of Pain -- Philip Yancey
3. God's Plan A -- Joni Eareckson Tada
4. When We Don't Know Why, We Trust God Who Knows Why -- Os Guinness
5. Is There Such a Thing as Senseless Tragedy? -- R. C. Sproul
6. Illuminated by the Light of Divine Providence -- John Calvin
7. A Profound Answer to the Pressing Question, "Why?" -- Wilson Benton Jr.
8. Bearing Suffering -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
9. No Sorrow Like Jesus' Sorrow -- John Newton

Part Two: God's Purpose in Suffering
10. The God We Had We Lose -- Abraham Kuyper
11. When Cost Becomes Privilege -- Helen Roseveare
12. Prepared for Usefulness -- A. W. Tozer
13. The Test of a Crisis -- Martyn Lloyd-Jones
14. Too Good to Suffer? -- St. Augustine
15. Faith Tried and Proved -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon
16. Choosing Trust -- Jerry Bridges
17. Dying Well -- D. A. Carson

Part Three: God's Provision in Suffering
18. Just What You Need, Just in Time -- Corrie ten Boom
19. Dark Valleys -- Sinclair Ferguson
20. Hoped-for Healing -- J. I. Packer
21. Happy in Affliction -- Thomas Manton
22. Power in Weakness -- John Piper
23. To Suffer as Christ Did -- Martin Luther
24. Learning to Be Content -- Jeremiah Burroughs
25. Refuge and Rest in Christ -- Jonathan Edwards

Notes

Scripture Index

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Nancy Guthrie (Editor) - Preface and General Editor

Other Contributors:

  1. Saint Augustine of Hippo (Author)
  2. Tim Keller (Author) - "Suffering: The Servant of Our Joy"
  3. Philip Yancey (Author) - "The Gift of Pain"
  4. Joni Eareckson Tada (Author) - "God's Plan A"
  5. Os Guinness (Author) - "When We Don't Know Why, We Trust God Who Knows Why"
  6. R. C. Sproul (Author) - "Is There Such a Thing as Senseless Tragedy?"
  7. John Calvin (Author) - "Illuminated by the Light of Divine Providence"
  8. Wilson Benton Jr. (Author) - "A Profound Answer to the Pressing Question, 'Why?'"
  9. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author) - "Bearing Suffering"
  10. John Newton (Author) - "No Sorrow Like Jesus' Sorrow"
  11. Abraham Kuyper (Author) - "The God We Had We Lose"
  12. Helen Roseveare (Author) - "When Cost Becomes Privilege"
  13. A. W. Tozer (Author) - "Prepared for Usefulness"
  14. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Author) - "The Test of a Crisis"
  15. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (Author) - "Faith Tried and Proved"
  16. Jerry Bridges (Author) - "Choosing Trust"
  17. D. A. Carson (Author) - "Dying Well"
  18. Corrie ten Boom (Author) - "Just What You Need, Just in Time"
  19. Sinclair Ferguson (Author) - "Dark Valleys"
  20. J. I. Packer (Author) - "Hoped-for Healing"
  21. Thomas Manton (Author) - "Happy in Affliction"
  22. John Piper (Author) - "Power in Weakness"
  23. Martin Luther (Author) - "To Suffer as Christ Did"
  24. Jeremiah Burroughs (Author) - "Learning to Be Content"
  25. Jonathan Edwards (Author) - "Refuge and Rest in Christ"

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Crossway
Country: United States
Publication Date: February 3, 2010
ISBN: 9781433511851
Page Count: 175

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: BV4909 .B4 2010
  • Dewey: 248.86

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Over all the essays included are written on an adult level, but some may be accessible for you adults as well.

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  • Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
  • Don't Waste the Pain: Learning to Grow Through Suffering
  • A Grief Observed
  • Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life
  • If God is Good

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