Suffering and the Goodness of God

Suffering and the Goodness of God
Christopher W. Morgan (Editor), Robert A. Peterson (Editor), Robert W. Yarbrough, Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., Daniel G. McCartney, John M. Frame, William Edgar, David B. Calhoun, John S. Feinberg

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When believers face suffering and hardships, the question they most often ask is, Why? Suffering and the Goodness of God offers biblical truths concerning suffering, and it challenges believers to promote justice in the harsh, unsure world and to emulate God’s grace as they minister to those who are suffering.

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Suffering and the Goodness of God presents biblical truths concerning suffering and challenges believers to promote justice and to emulate God’s grace as they minister to others.

Famine. Sickness. Terrorist Attacks. Natural disasters.

Each day horrific scenes of suffering are streamed before us through television, the Internet, and newspapers. Believers are taught that God is good, and they believe this truth. Yet when they are faced with suffering and hardships, the one question believers most often asked is, Why?

Suffering and the Goodness of God brings insight to many contemporary concerns of suffering by outlining Old and New Testament truths and tackling difficult questions concerning God’s sovereignty, human freedom, and the nature of evil.

Suffering and the Goodness of God offers believers biblical truths concerning suffering and then challenges them to promote justice in the harsh, unsure world around them and to emulate God’s grace as they minister to those who are suffering.

About the Author

John S. Feinberg is Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology and Chairman of that department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of several books, including Crossway’s Ethics for a Brave New World (with Paul D. Feinberg) and The Many Faces of Evil, and is general editor of Crossway’s Foundations of Evangelical Theology series.