🌧️ Suffering And Joy

Works that refuse to separate pain from beauty, exploring how the deepest joys often emerge from—or exist alongside—profound suffering. These books embrace the full, paradoxical spectrum of being alive.

Happiness

by Randy Alcorn • 2015

God commands happiness, not just joy: the 2,000 Bible passages most Christians misread.

4.24

387

😊 Biblical Joy 😄 Christian Happiness ✝️ Christian Hedonism

Happiness 88%

God commands happiness, not just joy: the 2,000 Bible passages most Christians misread.

by Randy Alcorn 2015

4.24

387 ratings

😊 Biblical Joy 😄 Christian Happiness ✝️ Christian Hedonism

Fight Back With Joy

by Margaret Feinberg • 2014

When her body failed, she learned celebration is not a reward but a form of resistance.

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1k+

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🎈 Joy Amid Suffering 🏥 Illness And Faith

Fight Back With Joy 88%

When her body failed, she learned celebration is not a reward but a form of resistance.

by Margaret Feinberg 2014

4.27

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🎈 Joy Amid Suffering 🏥 Illness And Faith

Desiring God, Revised Edition

by John Piper • 1986

Pleasure is not the enemy of faith but its aim: a theology where joy and worship collide.

4.18

47k+

📖 Reformed Theology ☀️ Christian Joy 🔥 Spiritual Affections

Desiring God, Revised Edition 88%

Pleasure is not the enemy of faith but its aim: a theology where joy and worship collide.

by John Piper 1986

4.18

47k+ ratings

📖 Reformed Theology ☀️ Christian Joy 🔥 Spiritual Affections

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+

🕊️ Theology Of Suffering 👑 God'S Sovereignty ✝️ Redemptive Suffering

Suffering is Never for Nothing 88%

Pain is not meaningless. A widow twice over shows where God is when He seems absent.

by Elisabeth Elliot 2019

4.67

8k+ ratings

🕊️ Theology Of Suffering 👑 God'S Sovereignty ✝️ Redemptive Suffering

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

🐑 Pastoral Theology 🧱 Embodied Faith 😢 Lament And Grief

Embodied Hope 88%

Why the Christian response to suffering starts not with an argument, but with a body.

by Kelly M. Kapic 2017

4.35

568 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Theology 🧱 Embodied Faith 😢 Lament And Grief

Aggressively Happy

by Joy Marie Clarkson • 2022

A Christian realist's guide to joy that doesn't ask you to stop being sad first.

4.36

1k+

🕊️ Christian Spirituality 💔 Joy And Suffering 🌤️ Beyond Positivity

Aggressively Happy 88%

A Christian realist's guide to joy that doesn't ask you to stop being sad first.

by Joy Marie Clarkson 2022

4.36

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Spirituality 💔 Joy And Suffering 🌤️ Beyond Positivity

Loving Life as It Is

by Chakung Jigme Wangdrak • 2024

Buddhist mind training for a happiness so deep that even suffering can't reach it.

3.93

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 🌧️ Embracing Suffering 🧠 Mind Training

Loving Life as It Is 87%

Buddhist mind training for a happiness so deep that even suffering can't reach it.

by Chakung Jigme Wangdrak 2024

3.93

41 ratings

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 🌧️ Embracing Suffering 🧠 Mind Training

Shattered Dreams

by Larry Crabb • 2001

Deaden desire like Buddha, deepen it like Jesus. One path numbs; the other shatters and heals.

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2k+

✝️ Theology Of Suffering 💔 Grief And Loss ❤️ Desire And Idolatry

Shattered Dreams 87%

Deaden desire like Buddha, deepen it like Jesus. One path numbs; the other shatters and heals.

by Larry Crabb 2001

4.24

2k+ ratings

✝️ Theology Of Suffering 💔 Grief And Loss ❤️ Desire And Idolatry

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+

📖 Theodicy 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering Summary

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering 87%

A God who suffered too: that changes everything about how you walk through pain.

by Timothy J. Keller 2013

4.49

6k+ ratings

📖 Theodicy 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament

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+

🔬 Pain Science 🧠 Sensory Biology ⚡ Neurology Of Pain

The Gift of Pain 87%

Painless bodies destroy themselves. A surgeon on why the signal everyone silences saves us.

by Paul W. Brand 1995

4.48

2k+ ratings

🔬 Pain Science 🧠 Sensory Biology ⚡ Neurology Of Pain

Job

by Christopher Ash • 2014

The oldest bet in Scripture: does anyone love God for nothing? Job's answer rewrites everything.

4.65

286

🏛️ Biblical Commentary 🕯️ Christ-Centered Reading 🩹 The Problem Of Suffering

Job 87%

The oldest bet in Scripture: does anyone love God for nothing? Job's answer rewrites everything.

by Christopher Ash 2014

4.65

286 ratings

🏛️ Biblical Commentary 🕯️ Christ-Centered Reading 🩹 The Problem Of Suffering

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+

😰 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Christian Living 😢 Grief And Loss

God Does His Best Work with Empty Summary

God Does His Best Work with Empty 87%

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 And Faith 🙏 Christian Living 😢 Grief And Loss

Life Is Hard

by Kieran Setiya • 2022

Life has no cure. A moral philosopher shows how to face pain, grief, and injustice anyway.

3.54

2k+

🧠 Practical Philosophy 🤕 Living With Pain 🖤 Grief And Loss

Life Is Hard 87%

Life has no cure. A moral philosopher shows how to face pain, grief, and injustice anyway.

by Kieran Setiya 2022

3.54

2k+ ratings

🧠 Practical Philosophy 🤕 Living With Pain 🖤 Grief And Loss

More Beautiful Than Before

by Steve Leder • 2017

Suffering is guaranteed. The humility, forgiveness, and connection that transform it are not.

4.30

1k+

🔥 Transformative Suffering 🕯️ Grief And Loss ✡️ Jewish Wisdom

More Beautiful Than Before 87%

Suffering is guaranteed. The humility, forgiveness, and connection that transform it are not.

by Steve Leder 2017

4.30

1k+ ratings

🔥 Transformative Suffering 🕯️ Grief And Loss ✡️ Jewish Wisdom

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

🌪️ Problem Of Evil 📜 Biblical Wisdom Literature 🩹 Christian Suffering

Trusting God in the Darkness 87%

Blameless suffering shatters clichés. Job trades explanation for a God who enters the storm.

by Christopher Ash 2004

4.53

314 ratings

🌪️ Problem Of Evil 📜 Biblical Wisdom Literature 🩹 Christian Suffering

Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering

by Scott Samuelson • 2018

Our crusade to eliminate suffering is producing a deeper despair. Seven traditions show why.

4.00

134

😖 Meaning Of Suffering 👿 Problem Of Evil 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering Summary

Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering 87%

Our crusade to eliminate suffering is producing a deeper despair. Seven traditions show why.

by Scott Samuelson 2018

4.00

134 ratings

😖 Meaning Of Suffering 👿 Problem Of Evil 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Crushing

by T.D. Jakes • 2020

Pressure that feels like destruction is often God refining you into your greatest purpose.

4.45

1k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ✝️ Christian Suffering 🔥 Adversity As Crucible

Crushing 87%

Pressure that feels like destruction is often God refining you into your greatest purpose.

by T.D. Jakes 2020

4.45

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ✝️ Christian Suffering 🔥 Adversity As Crucible

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

🤔 Problem Of Evil 💔 Faith And Suffering 📚 Modern Apologetics

Where is God in a Coronavirus World? Summary

Where is God in a Coronavirus World? 87%

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

🤔 Problem Of Evil 💔 Faith And Suffering 📚 Modern Apologetics

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+

⚖️ Theodicy ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🍎 Original Sin

The Problem of Pain 87%

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

⚖️ Theodicy ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🍎 Original Sin

Spiritual Depression

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones • 1965

Why so many Christians lack joy and assurance, and the forgotten remedies that restore both.

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5k+

🕊️ Spiritual Depression 📖 Doctrine And Assurance 💭 Faith And Feelings

Spiritual Depression 87%

Why so many Christians lack joy and assurance, and the forgotten remedies that restore both.

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1965

4.42

5k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Depression 📖 Doctrine And Assurance 💭 Faith And Feelings

In the Land of Pain

by Alphonse Daudet • 1929

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

3.68

597

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative

In the Land of Pain 87%

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

by Alphonse Daudet 1929

3.68

597 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative

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

✝️ Catholic Political Thought 🏛️ Political Theology 👤 Theological Anthropology

Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles Summary

Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles 87%

For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.

by Juan Donoso Cortés 1851

4.13

135 ratings

✝️ Catholic Political Thought 🏛️ Political Theology 👤 Theological Anthropology

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

😈 The Problem Of Evil 🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🐑 Pastoral Theology

Where Is God in All the Suffering? Summary

Where Is God in All the Suffering? 87%

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

😈 The Problem Of Evil 🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🐑 Pastoral Theology

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+

✝️ Theology Of Suffering 📖 Biblical Counseling 📜 Reformed Theology

Suffering 87%

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

✝️ Theology Of Suffering 📖 Biblical Counseling 📜 Reformed Theology

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

🕊️ Pastoral Care ✝️ Trauma Theology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth

Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience Summary

Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience 87%

Psychology measures resilience. Theology names what suffering means. For the wounded, both count.

by Christopher C.H. Cook 2019

5.00

2 ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Care ✝️ Trauma Theology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth

Bittersweet

by Susan Cain • 2022

Chasing happiness leaves us sick. The case for melancholy and the creative power of sorrow.

3.96

26k+

🚫 Toxic Positivity 🧬 Generational Trauma 🍂 Impermanence

Bittersweet 87%

Chasing happiness leaves us sick. The case for melancholy and the creative power of sorrow.

by Susan Cain 2022

3.96

26k+ ratings

🚫 Toxic Positivity 🧬 Generational Trauma 🍂 Impermanence

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+

🕊️ Pastoral Grief ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🌅 Resurrection Hope

A través de los ojos del león 87%

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

🕊️ Pastoral Grief ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🌅 Resurrection Hope

Struck

by Russ Ramsey • 2017

A heart infection nearly kills a pastor. His recovery becomes a reckoning with God.

4.43

253

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🏥 Medical Memoir 💀 Facing Mortality

Struck 87%

A heart infection nearly kills a pastor. His recovery becomes a reckoning with God.

by Russ Ramsey 2017

4.43

253 ratings

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🏥 Medical Memoir 💀 Facing Mortality

The Book of Job

by Harold S. Kushner • 2012

For anyone who has been told their pain is a punishment: a rabbi reads Job.

4.04

748

🏛️ Wisdom Literature ⚖️ Theodicy 💔 Suffering And Meaning

The Book of Job 87%

For anyone who has been told their pain is a punishment: a rabbi reads Job.

by Harold S. Kushner 2012

4.04

748 ratings

🏛️ Wisdom Literature ⚖️ Theodicy 💔 Suffering And Meaning

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+

🕊️ Christian Mysticism 📖 Philosophical Theology 🧘 Spiritual Detachment

Gravity and Grace 87%

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

🕊️ Christian Mysticism 📖 Philosophical Theology 🧘 Spiritual Detachment

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

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Catholic Imagination 🤡 Grotesque Realism

A Subversive Gospel 87%

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

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Catholic Imagination 🤡 Grotesque Realism

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet

by Sara Hagerty • 2014

God's goodness isn't waiting past the pain. It's inside the barren decade itself.

4.06

3k+

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌊 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet 86%

God's goodness isn't waiting past the pain. It's inside the barren decade itself.

by Sara Hagerty 2014

4.06

3k+ ratings

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌊 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

Studies in Pessimism

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1890

Beneath all striving is a blind will: pleasure is pain's absence, and boredom fills every gap.

3.88

2k+

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🇩🇪 German Philosophy 😣 Desire And Suffering

Studies in Pessimism 86%

Beneath all striving is a blind will: pleasure is pain's absence, and boredom fills every gap.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1890

3.88

2k+ ratings

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🇩🇪 German Philosophy 😣 Desire And Suffering

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

🕊️ Reformed Theology ✝️ Theology Of The Cross 🩸 Christian Suffering

Surprised by Suffering 86%

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

🕊️ Reformed Theology ✝️ Theology Of The Cross 🩸 Christian Suffering

Cuando a la Gente Buena Le Pasan Cosas Malas

by Harold S. Kushner • 1981

Why suffering strikes without reason, and how a limited God can still offer comfort and community.

4.03

20k+

⚖️ Theodicy 📊 Process Theology ✡️ Jewish Spirituality

Cuando a la Gente Buena Le Pasan Cosas Malas Summary

Cuando a la Gente Buena Le Pasan Cosas Malas 86%

Why suffering strikes without reason, and how a limited God can still offer comfort and community.

by Harold S. Kushner 1981

4.03

20k+ ratings

⚖️ Theodicy 📊 Process Theology ✡️ Jewish Spirituality

Rejoice and Tremble

by Michael Reeves • 2021

Fear of the Lord sounds grim. It is actually a trembling joy that tames anxiety.

4.37

3k+

📖 Biblical Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📜 Reformed Theology

Rejoice and Tremble 86%

Fear of the Lord sounds grim. It is actually a trembling joy that tames anxiety.

by Michael Reeves 2021

4.37

3k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📜 Reformed Theology

The Other Side of Happiness

by Brock Bastian • 2018

We stripped pain from modern life and got anxiety in return. The antidote: deliberate discomfort.

3.87

313

🧬 Resilience Science 🧠 Psychology Of Pain 🥶 Voluntary Discomfort

The Other Side of Happiness 86%

We stripped pain from modern life and got anxiety in return. The antidote: deliberate discomfort.

by Brock Bastian 2018

3.87

313 ratings

🧬 Resilience Science 🧠 Psychology Of Pain 🥶 Voluntary Discomfort

On Getting Out of Bed

by Alan Noble • 2023

Not productivity but worship: a daily, stubborn witness to a good creation.

4.29

3k+

🛐 Pastoral Theology 🧠 Mental Suffering ✝️ Christian Life

On Getting Out of Bed 86%

Not productivity but worship: a daily, stubborn witness to a good creation.

by Alan Noble 2023

4.29

3k+ ratings

🛐 Pastoral Theology 🧠 Mental Suffering ✝️ Christian Life

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

✝️ Japanese Christianity 🎨 Christian Aesthetics 🤫 Hidden Faith

Silence and Beauty 86%

Japanese Christians trampled Christ's image to survive. The worn faces became his truest portrait.

by Makoto Fujimura 2016

4.16

805 ratings

✝️ Japanese Christianity 🎨 Christian Aesthetics 🤫 Hidden Faith

La felicidad

by Gabriel Rolón • 2023

The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.

3.94

2k+

🎭 Critique Of Happiness 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🪞 Lacanian Psychoanalysis

La felicidad 86%

The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.

by Gabriel Rolón 2023

3.94

2k+ ratings

🎭 Critique Of Happiness 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🪞 Lacanian Psychoanalysis

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+

👑 Divine Sovereignty 🧭 Providence ✝️ Christian Suffering

Trusting God 86%

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

👑 Divine Sovereignty 🧭 Providence ✝️ Christian Suffering

Mindfulness as Medicine

by Sister Dang Nghiem • 2015

A physician turned nun reveals how embracing suffering and interconnectedness heals body and spirit.

4.35

158

🧘 Mindfulness Meditation ☸️ Buddhist Practice 🩹 Trauma Healing

Mindfulness as Medicine 86%

A physician turned nun reveals how embracing suffering and interconnectedness heals body and spirit.

by Sister Dang Nghiem 2015

4.35

158 ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Meditation ☸️ Buddhist Practice 🩹 Trauma Healing

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

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⛪ Puritan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Discipline 👁️ Providence

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment Summary

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment 86%

Contentment is needing less, not getting more: a 1648 Puritan guide to the quiet heart.

by Jeremiah Burroughs 1648

4.37

6k+ ratings

⛪ Puritan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Discipline 👁️ Providence

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored

by Phillips • 1993

What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.

3.74

825

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🛋️ Everyday Psychoanalysis 👶 British Object Relations

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored Summary

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored 86%

What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.

by Phillips 1993

3.74

825 ratings

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🛋️ Everyday Psychoanalysis 👶 British Object Relations

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

📖 Christian Devotionals 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God Summary

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God 86%

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

📖 Christian Devotionals 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament

Everything Is F*cked

by Mark Manson • 2019

Hope is the enemy: emotions rule, pain is the point, freedom is the cage you choose.

3.67

99k+

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🧐 Existentialism 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Everything Is F*cked 86%

Hope is the enemy: emotions rule, pain is the point, freedom is the cage you choose.

by Mark Manson 2019

3.67

99k+ ratings

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🧐 Existentialism 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

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

🕊️ Christian Living 🙏 Suffering And Faith ✨ Divine Purpose

How to Handle Adversity 86%

Not punishment, not random: a pastor on what God is doing through your hardest season.

by Charles F. Stanley 1989

4.41

258 ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 🙏 Suffering And Faith ✨ Divine Purpose

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+

🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality

The Imitation of Christ 86%

The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.

by Thomas à Kempis 1427

4.24

27k+ ratings

🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality

J.B.

by Archibald MacLeish • 1958

A modern Job in verse: God thunders, but justice is absent. What persists is human.

3.75

2k+

🎭 Verse Drama 🌩️ Modern Theodicy 📖 Biblical Retellings

J.B. 86%

A modern Job in verse: God thunders, but justice is absent. What persists is human.

by Archibald MacLeish 1958

3.75

2k+ ratings

🎭 Verse Drama 🌩️ Modern Theodicy 📖 Biblical Retellings

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

📖 Book Of Job Commentary 💔 Suffering Theology 😢 Lament Faith

The Gospel According to Job 86%

Job lost everything without cause. His friends' easy answers failed. His only hope was a mediator.

by Mike Mason 1993

4.49

230 ratings

📖 Book Of Job Commentary 💔 Suffering Theology 😢 Lament Faith

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