[PDF] God Suffering And Disability eBook

Author : Larry J. Waters
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 34,98 MB
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433525836

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With two in seven American families affected by disability, the body of Christ has a great opportunity for ministry. This new anthology uniquely points the way, training churches, caregivers, pastors, and counselors to compassionately respond. The book's contributors—ranging from Joni Eareckson Tada and others living with disabilities, to seminary professors, ministry leaders, and medical professionals—do more than offer a biblical perspective on suffering and disability; they draw from very personal experiences to explore Christians' responsibility toward those who suffer. The volume addresses various disabilities and age-related challenges, end-of-life issues, global suffering, and other concerns—all the while reminding readers that as they seek to help the hurting, they will be ministered to in return. This unprecedented work, which includes a foreword by Randy Alcorn, belongs in the hands of every Christian worker and caring individual who is seeking a real-world, biblical perspective on suffering.

Author : Michael S. Beates
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433530481

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Michael Beates's concern with disability issues began nearly 30 years ago when his eldest child was born with multiple profound disabilities. Now, as more families like Michael's are affected by a growing number of difficulties ranging from down syndrome to autism to food allergies, the need for church programs and personal paradigm shifts is greater than ever. Working through key Bible passages on brokenness and disability while answering hard questions, Michael offers here helpful principles for believers and their churches. He shows us how to embrace our own brokenness and then to embrace those who are more physically and visibly broken, bringing hope and vision to those of us who need it most.

Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 35,65 MB
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1594634408

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"The question of why God would allow pain and suffering in the world has vexed believers and nonbelievers forever. In Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Timothy Keller takes on this enduring issue and shows that there is meaning and reason behind pain and suffering, making a forceful and groundbreaking case that this essential part of the human experience can be overcome only by understanding our relationship with God. Using biblical wisdom and personal stories of overcoming adversity, Keller brings a much-needed, fresh viewpoint to this important issue."--Back cover

Author : Larry J. Waters
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,85 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Church work with people with disabilities
ISBN : 9781433525803

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Seminary professors, ministry leaders, and medical professionals deliver theological reflections on suffering with real-world application, all with an aim to train Christians in ministering to those who hurt.

Author : Mary Schaefer Fast
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 2019-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1978702205

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God, Suffering, and Disability: A Trinitarian Theodicy of the Cross utilizes both Christological and pneumatological perspectives of Luther’s theology of the cross to address the complexities of suffering and disability. Through the lens of the cross, the God who suffers enables humans to “call a thing what it is” by recognizing the suffering that often accompanies disability. Rather than asking “why” the Triune God allows people to suffer, this theodicy of disability focuses on “where” the Father, Son, and Spirit are in that very human experience. As a new theodic construct, “a Trinitarian theodicy of the cross” responds to both the theological concerns of the church and the theoretical apprehensions of society. It encourages Christians to live as theologians of the cross, empowers the faith community by informing both its theology and praxis, and provides a theoretical response to secular society that will enrich the field of disability studies.

Author : Nancy L. Eiesland
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 30,59 MB
Release : 1994-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1426719310

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Draws on themes of the disability-rights movement to identify people with disabilities as members of a socially disadvantaged minority group rather than as individuals who need to adjust. Highlights the hidden history of people with disabilities in church and society. Proclaiming the emancipatory presence of the disabled God, the author maintains the vital importance of the relationship between Christology and social change. Eiesland contends that in the Eucharist, Christians encounter the disabled God and may participate in new imaginations of wholeness and new embodiments of justice.

Author : John Piper
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,18 MB
Release : 2006-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 143351902X

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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.

Author : June Hunt
Publisher : Rose Publishing
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Chronic diseases
ISBN : 162862146X

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You feel overlooked, deprived, even resentfulthese are the side effects of chronic illness your doctor failed to mention. While others appear to enjoy good health, you struggle for sensible answers. Like any loss, the loss of healthmust be grieved. Pulling from her experience as a caregiver and counselor, June Hunt compassionately takes you through the grieving process, showing you where to find comfort and answers in the Word of God.

Author : Michael S. Beates
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433530457

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Exploring key Bible passages on brokenness and disability to develop helpful principles for believers and churches, this book teaches us to first embrace our own brokenness and then embrace those who are more physically broken.

Author : Jennifer Anne Cox
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532634552

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Have you ever wondered whether God knows what it is like to have a disability? Can God know this? The answer to these questions matters to the estimated one billion people with a disability worldwide. Jesus the Disabled God offers an affirmative answer. Jesus' ministry was itself a positive affirmation of those who experience disability, but Jesus went beyond ministry to people with disabilities and actually experienced disability himself on the cross. The amazing thing about this experience is that it was freely chosen, even planned from all eternity. As a consequence, the God-man Jesus now knows what it is like to have a disability. Furthermore, because of his glorious resurrection from the dead, Jesus is no longer disabled and can offer hope to those who are.