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Where Is God When It Hurts? (Paperback)

by Philip Yancey (Author)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House; New Ed edition (16 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0310247276
  • ISBN-13: 978-0310247272
  • Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 224,442 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Book Description
This special Red Cross trade paper edition includes a brand new foreword from the author. All publisher profits and author royalties will go to benefit the American Red Cross. This perennial best-seller, now in a revised and expanded edition, includes a study guide. The book and study materials focus on the role of pain in God's plan for life and how we can respond to it.

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"If there is a loving God, then why is it that . . ." You've heard that question, perhaps asked it yourself. No matter how you complete it, at its root lies the issue of pain. Does God order our suffering? Does he decree an abusive childhood, orchestrate a jet crash, steer a tornado through a community? Or did he simply wind up the world's mainspring and now is watching from a distance? In this Gold Medallion Award-winning book, Philip Yancey reveals a God who is neither capricious nor unconcerned. Using examples from the Bible and from his own experiences, Yancey looks at pain -- physical, emotional, and spiritual -- and helps us understand why we suffer. This most current edition of what is perhaps Yancey's best-known book will speak to those for whom life sometimes just doesn't make sense. And it will help equip anyone who wants to reach out to someone in pain but just doesn't know what to say.

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A need responded to., 1 Oct 2002
I bought this book when my Uncle and Aunt were both diagnosed with cancer within weeks of each other. In the midst of a very confusing time it described a God that was compassionate and wise and taught me to rest in the security of knowing Him as that. It taught me not to expect safety of the body but safety of the soul. This book is easy to read but some of it's truths can be painful if you are suffering and angry - although that dosen't make them any less true!
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars living with pain, 23 April 2003
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i read this book as a chronic pain sufferer. I found it very readable at a time when I didn't feel like reading anything.

He starts by explaining how pain as a response in the human body is actually useful. He then turns to look at what happens when the pain system doesn't function properly with a few very moving case studies. Finally he adds some very useful and practical tips for dealing with pain (either for yourself or to help others).

Along the way we learn that it wasn't part of God's original plan for his people to be in pain. There won't be any bad pain in heaven (yeah!)

This book is both practical and spiritual. Excellent for those in pain / suffering illness or those who know people who are.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars God is here and yes, it hurts!, 22 Mar 2001
Philip Yancey tackles this topic fearlessly. As a paraplegic still coming to terms with my own paralysis I found this book very helpful. He doesn't trot out the usual platitudes and he has the courage to say that we have all said the wrong thing in the belief that we were encouraging someone.

This is a book to keep and to ponder. The research is deep. For instance he spent a year talking to a self-help group of dying people. He also gives real life examples of many people who hurt.

The book begins with a treatise on why pain is necessary and can even be regarded as good. He then goes on to talk about pain in general - both physical and emotional.

This is a book for all who are hurting and those who have to live with them. It helped my wife and I greatly.

Dave Dean (T12 Paraplegic)

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