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Suffering is Never for Nothing
by Elisabeth Elliot • 2019
Pain is not meaningless. A widow twice over shows where God is when He seems absent.
4.67
8k+
Suffering is Never for Nothing Summary
Suffering is Never for Nothing 89%
Pain is not meaningless. A widow twice over shows where God is when He seems absent.
by Elisabeth Elliot 2019
4.67
8k+ ratings
Job
by Christopher Ash • 2014
The oldest bet in Scripture: does anyone love God for nothing? Job's answer rewrites everything.
4.65
286
Job Summary
Job 89%
The oldest bet in Scripture: does anyone love God for nothing? Job's answer rewrites everything.
by Christopher Ash 2014
4.65
286 ratings
Embodied Hope
by Kelly M. Kapic • 2017
Why the Christian response to suffering starts not with an argument, but with a body.
4.35
568
Embodied Hope Summary
Embodied Hope 89%
Why the Christian response to suffering starts not with an argument, but with a body.
by Kelly M. Kapic 2017
4.35
568 ratings
Crushing
by T.D. Jakes • 2020
Pressure that feels like destruction is often God refining you into your greatest purpose.
4.45
1k+
Crushing Summary
Crushing 89%
Pressure that feels like destruction is often God refining you into your greatest purpose.
by T.D. Jakes 2020
4.45
1k+ ratings
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
by Timothy J. Keller • 2013
A God who suffered too: that changes everything about how you walk through pain.
4.49
6k+
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering Summary
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering 89%
A God who suffered too: that changes everything about how you walk through pain.
by Timothy J. Keller 2013
4.49
6k+ ratings
Surprised by Suffering
by R.C. Sproul • 1989
What if suffering is a summons, not chaos? The answer runs from Gethsemane to the resurrection.
4.20
699
Surprised by Suffering Summary
Surprised by Suffering 89%
What if suffering is a summons, not chaos? The answer runs from Gethsemane to the resurrection.
by R.C. Sproul 1989
4.20
699 ratings
The Way of the Cross
by Caryll Houselander • 1955
Christ's Passion didn't end at Calvary. These Stations reveal it unfolding in your own life.
4.58
185
The Way of the Cross Summary
The Way of the Cross 89%
Christ's Passion didn't end at Calvary. These Stations reveal it unfolding in your own life.
by Caryll Houselander 1955
4.58
185 ratings
The Gospel According to Job
by Mike Mason • 1993
Job lost everything without cause. His friends' easy answers failed. His only hope was a mediator.
4.49
230
The Gospel According to Job Summary
The Gospel According to Job 89%
Job lost everything without cause. His friends' easy answers failed. His only hope was a mediator.
by Mike Mason 1993
4.49
230 ratings
Trusting God in the Darkness
by Christopher Ash • 2004
Blameless suffering shatters clichés. Job trades explanation for a God who enters the storm.
4.53
314
Trusting God in the Darkness Summary
Trusting God in the Darkness 89%
Blameless suffering shatters clichés. Job trades explanation for a God who enters the storm.
by Christopher Ash 2004
4.53
314 ratings
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
by Jeremiah Burroughs • 1648
Contentment is needing less, not getting more: a 1648 Puritan guide to the quiet heart.
4.37
6k+
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment Summary
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment 89%
Contentment is needing less, not getting more: a 1648 Puritan guide to the quiet heart.
by Jeremiah Burroughs 1648
4.37
6k+ ratings
A través de los ojos del león
by Levi Lusko • 2015
When his five-year-old died, the easy answers vanished. What remained was hope stronger than death.
4.57
5k+
A través de los ojos del león Summary
A través de los ojos del león 88%
When his five-year-old died, the easy answers vanished. What remained was hope stronger than death.
by Levi Lusko 2015
4.57
5k+ ratings
Gravity and Grace
by Simone Weil • 1947
The soul falls by its own weight. Grace lifts those who cease demanding that suffering make sense.
4.26
4k+
Gravity and Grace Summary
Gravity and Grace 88%
The soul falls by its own weight. Grace lifts those who cease demanding that suffering make sense.
by Simone Weil 1947
4.26
4k+ ratings
God Does His Best Work with Empty
by Nancy Guthrie • 2020
Loss and loneliness are not signs of God's absence but the places he comes closest.
4.48
2k+
God Does His Best Work with Empty Summary
God Does His Best Work with Empty 88%
Loss and loneliness are not signs of God's absence but the places he comes closest.
by Nancy Guthrie 2020
4.48
2k+ ratings
Suffering
by Paul David Tripp • 2018
Suffering will find you. How you suffer determines whether it breaks your faith or deepens it.
4.57
2k+
Suffering Summary
Suffering 88%
Suffering will find you. How you suffer determines whether it breaks your faith or deepens it.
by Paul David Tripp 2018
4.57
2k+ ratings
Christ Crucified
by Donald MacLeod • 2014
The cross was a victory, a payment, and the only transaction that could absorb divine wrath.
4.18
116
Christ Crucified Summary
Christ Crucified 88%
The cross was a victory, a payment, and the only transaction that could absorb divine wrath.
by Donald MacLeod 2014
4.18
116 ratings
A Subversive Gospel
by Michael Mears Bruner • 2017
O'Connor read the world through the cross. Violence, folly, ugliness: this is the shape grace takes.
4.00
53
A Subversive Gospel Summary
A Subversive Gospel 88%
O'Connor read the world through the cross. Violence, folly, ugliness: this is the shape grace takes.
by Michael Mears Bruner 2017
4.00
53 ratings
God's Hostage
by Andrew Brunson • 2019
An American pastor arrested as a spy. Twenty-two months as Turkey's hostage. One faith to break.
4.41
810
God's Hostage Summary
God's Hostage 88%
An American pastor arrested as a spy. Twenty-two months as Turkey's hostage. One faith to break.
by Andrew Brunson 2019
4.41
810 ratings
Meditating on the Word
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer • 1985
Stop analyzing Scripture. The slow, daily practice that lets God's voice break through.
4.21
277
Meditating on the Word Summary
Meditating on the Word 88%
Stop analyzing Scripture. The slow, daily practice that lets God's voice break through.
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1985
4.21
277 ratings
Where is God in a Coronavirus World?
by John C. Lennox • 2020
The problem of evil just went global. An Oxford mathematician on why atheism has no answer.
4.05
857
Where is God in a Coronavirus World? Summary
Where is God in a Coronavirus World? 88%
The problem of evil just went global. An Oxford mathematician on why atheism has no answer.
by John C. Lennox 2020
4.05
857 ratings
Spiritual Leadership / Spiritual Discipleship / Spiritual Maturity
by J. Oswald Sanders • 2008
Why God pursues the flawed, chooses the weak, and lets hardship do its work.
4.53
59
Spiritual Leadership / Spiritual Discipleship / Spiritual Maturity Summary
Spiritual Leadership / Spiritual Discipleship / Spiritual Maturity 88%
Why God pursues the flawed, chooses the weak, and lets hardship do its work.
by J. Oswald Sanders 2008
4.53
59 ratings
Don't Waste Your Life
by John Piper • 2003
A life that counts: how delight in God turns suffering, risk, and work into worship.
4.14
37k+
Don't Waste Your Life Summary
Don't Waste Your Life 88%
A life that counts: how delight in God turns suffering, risk, and work into worship.
by John Piper 2003
4.14
37k+ ratings
Where Is God in All the Suffering?
by Amy Orr-Ewing • 2020
Not why God permits suffering, but what grief says about us, and who suffers beside us.
4.22
218
Where Is God in All the Suffering? Summary
Where Is God in All the Suffering? 88%
Not why God permits suffering, but what grief says about us, and who suffers beside us.
by Amy Orr-Ewing 2020
4.22
218 ratings
Finding Your Way through Loneliness
by Elisabeth Elliot • 1988
Loneliness is not a void but an offering. A Christ-centered guide to making it sacred.
4.50
2k+
Finding Your Way through Loneliness Summary
Finding Your Way through Loneliness 88%
Loneliness is not a void but an offering. A Christ-centered guide to making it sacred.
by Elisabeth Elliot 1988
4.50
2k+ ratings
A Third Testament
by Malcolm Muggeridge • 1976
Seven lives across fifteen centuries that refused a world without God.
3.94
268
A Third Testament Summary
A Third Testament 88%
Seven lives across fifteen centuries that refused a world without God.
by Malcolm Muggeridge 1976
3.94
268 ratings
Trusting God
by Jerry Bridges • 1988
Your pain has a purpose. Three anchors in God's character that hold when suffering says otherwise.
4.41
9k+
Trusting God Summary
Trusting God 88%
Your pain has a purpose. Three anchors in God's character that hold when suffering says otherwise.
by Jerry Bridges 1988
4.41
9k+ ratings
The Imitation of Christ
by Thomas à Kempis • 1427
The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.
4.24
27k+
The Imitation of Christ Summary
The Imitation of Christ 88%
The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.
by Thomas à Kempis 1427
4.24
27k+ ratings
How to Handle Adversity
by Charles F. Stanley • 1989
Not punishment, not random: a pastor on what God is doing through your hardest season.
4.41
258
How to Handle Adversity Summary
How to Handle Adversity 88%
Not punishment, not random: a pastor on what God is doing through your hardest season.
by Charles F. Stanley 1989
4.41
258 ratings
The Passion of the King of Glory
by Russ Ramsey • 2015
A healer from Galilee provokes the powerful, embraces the broken, and faces a cross that redeems.
4.48
445
The Passion of the King of Glory Summary
The Passion of the King of Glory 88%
A healer from Galilee provokes the powerful, embraces the broken, and faces a cross that redeems.
by Russ Ramsey 2015
4.48
445 ratings
What Jesus Saw from the Cross
by Antonin Sertillanges • 1930
The panorama Christ saw from the Cross: Jerusalem, the Temple, His mother, made yours.
4.26
299
What Jesus Saw from the Cross Summary
What Jesus Saw from the Cross 88%
The panorama Christ saw from the Cross: Jerusalem, the Temple, His mother, made yours.
by Antonin Sertillanges 1930
4.26
299 ratings
Hollywood Heroes
by Frank Turek • 2022
Why every superhero movie keeps retelling a single story from two thousand years ago.
4.37
338
Hollywood Heroes Summary
Hollywood Heroes 88%
Why every superhero movie keeps retelling a single story from two thousand years ago.
by Frank Turek 2022
4.37
338 ratings
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles
by Juan Donoso Cortés • 1851
For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.
4.13
135
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles Summary
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles 88%
For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.
by Juan Donoso Cortés 1851
4.13
135 ratings
Weakness Is the Way
by J.I. Packer • 2013
The way up is down: how your deepest insufficiency becomes the arena of God’s power.
3.98
1k+
Weakness Is the Way Summary
Weakness Is the Way 88%
The way up is down: how your deepest insufficiency becomes the arena of God’s power.
by J.I. Packer 2013
3.98
1k+ ratings
The Spiritual Man
by Watchman Nee • 1928
Sin forgiven, self untouched: the half-gospel that keeps Christians in spiritual shallows.
4.51
1k+
The Spiritual Man Summary
The Spiritual Man 88%
Sin forgiven, self untouched: the half-gospel that keeps Christians in spiritual shallows.
by Watchman Nee 1928
4.51
1k+ ratings
The Cost of Discipleship
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer • 1937
When Christ calls, he asks for all of it. Grace without surrender is not grace.
4.29
51k+
The Cost of Discipleship Summary
The Cost of Discipleship 88%
When Christ calls, he asks for all of it. Grace without surrender is not grace.
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1937
4.29
51k+ ratings
Silence and Beauty
by Makoto Fujimura • 2016
Japanese Christians trampled Christ's image to survive. The worn faces became his truest portrait.
4.16
805
Silence and Beauty Summary
Silence and Beauty 88%
Japanese Christians trampled Christ's image to survive. The worn faces became his truest portrait.
by Makoto Fujimura 2016
4.16
805 ratings
The Problem of Pain
by C.S. Lewis • 1940
Suffering is the cost of free will in a world where love perfects rather than pampers.
4.13
75k+
The Problem of Pain Summary
The Problem of Pain 88%
Suffering is the cost of free will in a world where love perfects rather than pampers.
by C.S. Lewis 1940
4.13
75k+ ratings
The Crucifixion of the King of Glory
by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou • 2022
An illegal trial, a political execution, and a paradox: how shame became the center of history.
4.71
412
The Crucifixion of the King of Glory Summary
The Crucifixion of the King of Glory 88%
An illegal trial, a political execution, and a paradox: how shame became the center of history.
by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou 2022
4.71
412 ratings
The Insanity of God
by Nik Ripken • 2012
He went to study the persecuted church and discovered his own faith was failing the test.
4.56
12k+
The Insanity of God Summary
The Insanity of God 88%
He went to study the persecuted church and discovered his own faith was failing the test.
by Nik Ripken 2012
4.56
12k+ ratings
Struck
by Russ Ramsey • 2017
A heart infection nearly kills a pastor. His recovery becomes a reckoning with God.
4.43
253
Struck Summary
Struck 88%
A heart infection nearly kills a pastor. His recovery becomes a reckoning with God.
by Russ Ramsey 2017
4.43
253 ratings
Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience
by Christopher C.H. Cook • 2019
Psychology measures resilience. Theology names what suffering means. For the wounded, both count.
5.00
2
Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience Summary
Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience 88%
Psychology measures resilience. Theology names what suffering means. For the wounded, both count.
by Christopher C.H. Cook 2019
5.00
2 ratings
The Gift of Pain
by Paul W. Brand • 1995
Painless bodies destroy themselves. A surgeon on why the signal everyone silences saves us.
4.48
2k+
The Gift of Pain Summary
The Gift of Pain 88%
Painless bodies destroy themselves. A surgeon on why the signal everyone silences saves us.
by Paul W. Brand 1995
4.48
2k+ ratings
Song of the Nightingale
by Helen Berhane • 2009
Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.
4.35
173
Song of the Nightingale Summary
Song of the Nightingale 88%
Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.
by Helen Berhane 2009
4.35
173 ratings
Shattered Dreams
by Larry Crabb • 2001
Deaden desire like Buddha, deepen it like Jesus. One path numbs; the other shatters and heals.
4.24
2k+
Shattered Dreams Summary
Shattered Dreams 88%
Deaden desire like Buddha, deepen it like Jesus. One path numbs; the other shatters and heals.
by Larry Crabb 2001
4.24
2k+ ratings
Faith Under Fire
by Andrew White • 2011
The Christians who suffer most are often the most joyful. A Baghdad vicar explains why.
4.16
137
Faith Under Fire Summary
Faith Under Fire 88%
The Christians who suffer most are often the most joyful. A Baghdad vicar explains why.
by Andrew White 2011
4.16
137 ratings
Love Walked Among Us
by Paul E. Miller • 2001
Jesus' compassion was active, honest, and free from self-righteousness. Here's how to learn it.
4.26
1k+
Love Walked Among Us Summary
Love Walked Among Us 88%
Jesus' compassion was active, honest, and free from self-righteousness. Here's how to learn it.
by Paul E. Miller 2001
4.26
1k+ ratings
Hope in the Dark
by Craig Groeschel • 2018
Doubt is not faith's enemy: your hardest questions can lead you closer to God.
4.38
3k+
Hope in the Dark Summary
Hope in the Dark 88%
Doubt is not faith's enemy: your hardest questions can lead you closer to God.
by Craig Groeschel 2018
4.38
3k+ ratings
Surprised by Jesus
by Dane C. Ortlund • 2011
The four Gospels share a single scandal: insiders are out, outsiders in, and the King wins by dying.
4.51
1k+
Surprised by Jesus Summary
Surprised by Jesus 88%
The four Gospels share a single scandal: insiders are out, outsiders in, and the King wins by dying.
by Dane C. Ortlund 2011
4.51
1k+ ratings
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
by John Bunyan • 1666
A year-long assault to throw away his soul. One sentence from the Bible broke the siege.
4.23
4k+
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners Summary
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners 88%
A year-long assault to throw away his soul. One sentence from the Bible broke the siege.
by John Bunyan 1666
4.23
4k+ ratings
In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God
by Colleen Elisabeth Chao • 2022
Suffering can dismantle faith. A 31-day path to holding on when the platitudes run out.
4.77
362
In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God Summary
In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God 88%
Suffering can dismantle faith. A 31-day path to holding on when the platitudes run out.
by Colleen Elisabeth Chao 2022
4.77
362 ratings
In the Presence of My Enemies
by Gracia Burnham • 2003
Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.
4.30
8k+
In the Presence of My Enemies Summary
In the Presence of My Enemies 88%
Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.
by Gracia Burnham 2003
4.30
8k+ ratings
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