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The Gospel According to Job: An Honest Look at Pain and Doubt from the Life of One Who Lost Everything is unavailable, but you can change that!

Anyone who has suffered knows that there is no such thing as "getting a grip on oneself" or "pulling oneself up by the bootstraps. The only bootstrap in the Christian life is the Cross," says Mason. "Sometimes laying hold of the cross can be comforting, but other times it is like picking up a snake." Job knew this firsthand. From him we learn that there are no easy answers to suffering. That the...

The real question is whether I myself, in my own unique set of circumstances, am giving glory and thanks to God from my heart. If I am not, then it makes no difference whether the problem I face is a big thing or a little thing. For the smallest of complaints can spoil fellowship with God. Just one. We see this principle plainly illustrated in marriage, where it can happen that just one unresolved tension, just one episode of stubbornness, just one dirty sock or unmowed lawn can be enough to provoke