- Paperback: 111 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Zondervan Carr; Participant's Guide edition (Aug 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0310241944
- ISBN-13: 978-0310241942
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 15 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 118 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,021,565 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Who is God?Can He be trusted?Why does He do what He does?What are His purposes in the face of seemingly senseless suffering?With firmness and compassion, the authors reveal a God big enough to understand our suffering, wise enough to allow it, and powerful enough to use it for a greater good than we can ever imagine.This is the Participant's Guide for the When God Weeps GroupWare.
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It's easy to trust God when things are going our way and the world makes sense. But when suffering strikes--especially seemingly senseless suffering--we are filled with doubt and stunned by events spiraling beyond our control. In the midst of suffering, we often question the very foundation of our faith--our belief in the God who says he loves us.
Since our trust and obedience rest on God's character, the questions that life's tragedies force us to face are difficult, even frightening. Who is God? Can he really be trusted? What are his purposes in the face of suffering? If he can stop suffering, why doesn't he?
Joni Eareckson Tada, a woman who has lived in a wheelchair for more than thirty years, and Steve Estes, a pastor and one of Joni's closest friends, explore the answers. When God Weeps is not so much a book about suffering as it is about God. It tackles tough questions about heaven and hell, horrors and hardships, and why God allows suffering in this life.
Through a panoramic overview of what the Bible says about suffering, the authors make clear who God is, why he permits so much heartache and pain, and how it is we can trust him. With both a practical edge and heartfelt warmth, When God Weeps offers a message of deep reliance on God--and keys to a radical, life-transforming dependence on his love and mercy in spite of our doubts, fears, longings, and questions.
It's a message much needed. Despair and discouragement are rampant. At the same time, fewer people are able to balance God's purposes and his mercies. Instead, attempting to avoid tragedy and suffering, many Christians confuse simple formulas for faith. But where does that leave the family who loses a son on a military mission? Or the young mother who isn't healed of cancer?
When God Weeps is for people like these . . . and for thousands more who need more--much more--than answers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Long, long before matter existed, before the cosmos took its first breath, before the first angel opened his eyes, when there was noth had already lived forever. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Serious answers to serious questions!,
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Ce commentaire est de: When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty (Hardcover)
This is a must-read for everyone. It offers some very very serious answers that really count to some very serious questions that arise when we ourselves suffer, or when we see the sometimes horrific human suffering in the world around us. In fact, if we're really honest, it's the only answer that will stand firm in every situation of suffering. It's sometimes a difficult read b/c of the subject matter, but the writing style itself is very readable.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Altered my view somewhat....,
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Ce commentaire est de: When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter To The Almighty (Paperback)
This book altered my view of God's role in "bad things" happening to us. I lost my wife and 2 year old daughter in a boat wreck last summer and was given this book by a friend. I think the author does a very good job of explaining her belief that God does control events in our lives and she uses scriptures that quite frankly used to scare and/or worry me, to back up her logic. I have always known that I am not immune to these tragedies and came to this book without anger toward God which some readers may have. I can understand that some will disagree with the message of this book. However after 47 years of life's events and actively seeking God for most of that time, I can only agree with the author. Of course, if you know her story you understand she does have experience with suffering.
1.0 out of 5 stars
When God Weeps,
By "lindago@sbcglobal.net" (Boulder Creek, California United States) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty (Hardcover)
I had to put this book down. I found it very harsh and terribly depressing. I found God represented in a negative way. I would not recomand this book to anyone who is suffering especially if you have issues with Gods sovereignty. I think God is weeping over the distorted image presented in this book regarding His love and plan for our lives.Jesus said in John 10:10 that He came to give us life have it more abundantly. I would give this a 0 but you have to pick 1-5
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