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Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in the Christian Life is unavailable, but you can change that!

Suffering often seems to catch us by surprise. One day we are healthy, comfortable, and happy. The next we find ourselves ill or injured, struggling, and distraught. The pain that invades our lives may come from our own suffering or that of a loved one. But no matter the source, we didn’t see it coming. All too often, our perplexity prompts us to suspect God of wrongdoing. In this classic book,...

working did not make the evil of Joseph’s brothers any less evil. In just the same way, Judas’ betrayal of Jesus was a wicked act. It brought unjust suffering upon Jesus, even as Joseph was a victim of his brothers’ injustice. But over all injustice, all pain, and all suffering stands a sovereign God who works His plan of salvation over, against, and even through evil. What Jesus declared to His disciples about the blind man is clearly displayed in the book of Job. Had the
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