When Heaven is Silent: How God Ministers to Us Through the Challenges of Life - Softcover

Dunn, Ronald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850096421 ISBN 13: 9780850096422

Publisher: Paternoster Press / Authentic Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

Jesus refused to answer the 'Why' of suffering because the ultimate issue is how we are to respond to that suffering. 'Why me?' solves nothing. Only when we face up to the inadequacy of this question will we be free to ask the right one, the one put forth by Christ Himself, "What now?" This question transforms the landscape of suffering from a random, accidental absurdity to a vital part of the grand scheme of a great God.

Ronald Dunn's personal experiences of tragedy and depression are woven into his detailed studies of Jacob's wrestling with the angel, Job's catalogue of sufferings, King David's disappointments and the 'dark night of the soul' expressed in his Psalms. He assures the reader that such periods are inevitable for every believer, that we have the right to cry out in pain as Jesus did on the cross, and that, though we flee God, He will not abandon us and truly does cause 'all things to work together for good to those who love Him . . . who are called according to His purpose.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Paternoster Press / Authentic Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0850096421
• ISBN 13: 9780850096422
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210