Books : WHERE IS GOD WHEN IT HURTS?: BEYOND SUFFERING
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by: PHILIP YANCEY
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780551031647
Format: Import
ISBN: 0551031646
Label: ZONDERVAN
Manufacturer: ZONDERVAN
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2002
Publisher: ZONDERVAN
Sales Rank: 4816049
Studio: ZONDERVAN
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Rating:  - A helpful resource
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.
Rating:  - 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 ... Read More
Rating:  - Everyone else has said it all
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.
Rating: - doesn't do itself justice
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 ... Read More
Rating: - 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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