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PIPER TRILOGY OF TITLES ON SUFFERING
JOHN PIPER
SUFFERING AND PAIN ARE THE COMMON EXPERIENCE OF ALL MANKIND IN A FALLEN WORLD, AND THE CHRISTIAN IS NOT PROMISED EXEMPTION FROM THESE TRIALS, THESE THREE TITLES ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM WITH A GOD-CENTERED PERSPECTIVE,
(1) SUFFERING AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD with General Editors John Piper & Justin Taylor
Edited by John Piper, Justin Taylor, Contributions by Justin Taylor, John Piper, Mark R. Talbot, Stephen F. Saint, Carl F. Ellis, Jr., David Powlison, Dustin Shramek, Joni Eareckson Tada
In the last few years, 9/11, a tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and many other tragedies have shown us that the vision of God in today's churches in relation to evil and suffering is often frivolous. Against the overwhelming weight and seriousness of the Bible, many Christians are choosing to become more shallow, more entertainment-oriented, and therefore irrelevant in the face of massive suffering.
In Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, contributors John Piper, Joni Eareckson Tada, Steve Saint, Carl Ellis, David Powlison, Dustin Shramek, and Mark Talbot explore the many categories of God's sovereignty as evidenced in his Word. They urge readers to look to Christ, even in suffering, to find the greatest confidence, deepest comfort, and sweetest fellowship they have ever known.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION by Justin Taylor
PART ONE: THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD IN SUFFERING
1. Suffering and the Sovereignty of God: Ten Aspects of God's Sovereignty Over Suffering and Satan's Hand in it by John Piper
2. "All the Good that is Ours in Christ": Seeing God's Gracious Hand in the Hurts Others do to Us by Mark Talbot
PART TWO: THE PURPOSES OF GOD IN SUFFERING
3. The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God by John Piper
4. Why God Appoints Suffering for His Servants by John Piper
5. Sovereignty, Suffering, and the Work of Missions by Stephen F. Saint
6. The Sovereignty of God and Ethnic-Based Suffering by Carl F. Ellis, Jr.
PART THREE: THE GRACE OF GOD IN SUFFERING
7. God's Grace and Your Sufferings by David Powlison
8. Waiting for the Morning During the Long Night of Weeping by Dustin Shramek
9. HOPE...The Best of Things by Joni Eareckson Tada
APPENDICES
DON'T WASTE YOUR CANCER by John Piper and David Powlison
AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN PIPER by John Piper and Justin Taylor
"John Piper and friends tackle some of the hardest and most significant issues of Christian concern, producing one of the most honest, faithful, and helpful volumes ever made available to thinking Christians. It is filled with pastoral wisdom, theological conviction, biblical insight, and spiritual counsel. This book answers one of the greatest needs of our times-to affirm the sovereignty of God and to ponder the meaning of human suffering. We need this book." -R. Albert Mohler Jr., President and Centennial Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
(2) WHEN THE DARKNESS WILL NOT LIFT: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God and Joy by John Piper
"It is utterly crucial that in our darkness we affirm the wise, strong hand of God to hold us, even when we have no strength to hold him." -John Piper
Even the most faithful, focused Christians can encounter periods of depression and spiritual darkness when joy seems to stay just out of reach. It can happen because of sin, satanic assault, distressing circumstances, or hereditary and other physical causes. In When the Darkness Will Not Lift, John Piper aims to give some comfort and guidance to those experiencing spiritual darkness.
Readers will gain insight into the physical side of depression and spiritual darkness, what it means to wait on the Lord in a time of darkness, how unconfessed sin can clog our joy, and how to minister to others who are living without light. Piper uses real-life examples and sensitive narrative to show readers abundant reason to hope that God will pull them out of the pit of despair and into the light once again.
INTRODUCTION: Faith Alone and the Fight for Joy
1. The Darkness of Melancholy
2. Waiting in Darkness, We are not Lost, and not Alone
3. Fold Not the Arms of Action
4. Does Unconfessed Sin Clog our Joy
5. The Darkness That Feeds on Self-Absorption
6. Loving Those Who Cannot See the Light
(3) LESSONS FROM A HOSPITAL BED by John Piper with Foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada
Sickness is hard. The combination of physical discomfort, emotional stress, anxious thoughts, and long stretches of boredom can make it difficult to remember—much less rely on and rejoice in—our good and sovereign God.
Reflecting on ten lessons he learned while recovering in the hospital, John Piper encourages those struggling with illness to fight for faith by focusing on the promises of God, the truth of the gospel, and the reality of eternity.
FOREWORD: Before You Begin by Joni E Tada
The Setting
Part 1
Ten Beliefs I Brought to the Hospital
Part 2
Ten Lessons from My Hospital Bed
Concluding Prayer
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(1) SUFFERING AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD with General Editors John Piper & Justin Taylor
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