Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781857929935 ISBN: 1857929934 Label: Christian Focus Manufacturer: Christian Focus Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 142 Publication Date: November 01, 2004 Publisher: Christian Focus Sales Rank: 1117560 Studio: Christian Focus
Product Description: Most of us will have faced that most delicate situation of meeting a person who is suffering. We tend to go down one of two different avenues. One is to offer wellintentioned advice often in the form of wellworn cliches that the person will have heard several times before. The other is not to say anything at all risking the danger of leaving the person under the impression that God has no idea what is going on and is unable to help. How are we to understand suffering and its place in our lives? Should we try and rationalize it away, trying to come up with a solution that sits as comfortably as possible? Surely we should look to Scripture first? This is what Walter Kaiser does here. Looking at the Old Testament book of Lamentations Kaiser does not offer any easy solutions but rather shows us how a Sovereign and Loving God can work through even the most painful moments.
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Rating: - Understanding God's plan through pain
The book provides an outstanding analysis of God's haltered to sin vs. His love to mankind. The book highlights the impact of hope, prayer and praise during difficult times.
Kaiser's analysis of the artistic structure of the book of Lamentations adds to the value of this book. Very well done.