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When Suffering Is Redemptive: Stories of How Anguish and Pain Accomplish God’s Mission is unavailable, but you can change that!

When Suffering is Redemptive offers hope when life is difficult. The eight stories of this book do not seek to explain the “why” of suffering but rather the present ways that God transforms and redeems suffering, particularly how suffering leads to ministry opportunities. Though the stories are personal and sometimes difficult to tell, the authors are transparent with their struggles and honest...

problem that profoundly impacts [our] lives, the lives of [our] families, and [our] communities.”2 A practical problem requires a practical theology—a “critical, theological reflection on the practices of the church as they interact with the practices of the world, with a view to ensuring and enabling faithful participation in God’s redemptive practices in and for the world.”3 This is what this book hopes to accomplish. We want to use personal stories to illuminate biblical principles that will enable
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