Tested by fire: The Fruit Of Affliction In The Lives Of John Bunyan, William Cowper And David Brainerd - Softcover

Piper, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851115535 ISBN 13: 9780851115535

Publisher: IVP, 2007

Synopsis

Great privilege. Great pain. This is God's way: to take the privilege of faith and strengthen it with real trials so that we worship and witness with a greater passion for God.
There is a certain irony to the fruit of affliction; John Bunyan's confinement taught him the pilgrim path of Christian freedom; William Cowper's mental illness yielded sweet music of the mind for troubled souls; David Brainerd's smouldering misery of isolation and disease exploded in global mission beyond all imagination.
Irony and disproportion are all God's way. We think we know how to do something big, and God makes it little. We think that all we have is weak and small, and God makes it big. Barren Sarah gives birth to the child of promise. Gideon's three hundred men defeat a hundred thousand Midianites. A slingshot in the hand of a shepherd boy brings the giant down. A virgin bears the Son of God. A boy's five loaves feeds thousands. A breach of justice, grovelling political expediency, and criminal torture on a gruesome cross become the salvation of the world.

About this title

Review:

Piper clearly enjoys delivering such studies and his enthusiasm is
infectious -- David McKay; Covenanter Witness; July 2003

This is one of the best books published this year. It is readable,
challenging and should enlighten any reader.
-- Presbyterian Herald; September 2001

a unique and fascinating book on the subject of suffering -- Timothy Walsh; Churchman; March 2002

the whole book makes one clear case: suffering can be incredibly
fruitful. -- Peter Comont; Evangelicals Now; January 2002

About the Author:

John Piper has been the pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in
Minneapolis since 1980.

He is author of many books, including 'Future Grace', 'The Roots of
Endurance', 'The Legacy of Sovereign Joy' and 'God's Passion For His
Glory'.

About this edition

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0851115535
• ISBN 13: 9780851115535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192