For For Christians facing suffering, illness or death who want biblical perspective; not for those wanting a philosophical theodicy.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
4 of 5strongly recommended
For the researcher
2 of 5useful
Difficulty
1 of 5light
Pastoral teaching on suffering and death and the Christian hope beyond them.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural4 of 5
Experiential4 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical1 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Published by Tyndale in 1989, by Reformation Trust in 2009 and in a revised twenty-fifth anniversary edition in 2014, subtitled The Role of Pain and Death in the Christian Life. Sproul argues that Christians should not be surprised by suffering and examines its place in God's purposes, along with death and the hope beyond it.
