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With two in seven American families affected by disability, the body of Christ has a great opportunity. As we're called to minister to those walking through deep suffering, we need to learn to do so with wisdom and sensitivity. Joni Eareckson Tada and others with disabilities, as well as seminary professors, ministry leaders, and medical professionals, do more than offer a With two in seven American families affected by disability, the body of Christ has a great opportunity.
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Joni Eareckson Tada and others with disabilities, as well as seminary professors, ministry leaders, and medical professionals, do more than offer a biblical perspective on suffering and disability; they draw from very personal experiences to explore Christians' responsibility toward those who suffer--all the while reminding us that as we seek to help the hurting, they will minister to us in return.
Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Why, O God? Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. May 02, Randy Alcorn added it Shelves: Foreword by Randy Alcorn I have never said yes to endorsing a book, much less to writing its foreword, unless I believed in it. I anticipated Why, O God?
Let me offer some context. While researching my recent book If God is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil, I read Foreword by Randy Alcorn I have never said yes to endorsing a book, much less to writing its foreword, unless I believed in it. Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil, I read close to books on the problem of evil and suffering—by theologians, pastors, physicians, Holocaust survivors and atheists. Each chapter makes a unique contribution, and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Rarely have I seen biblical and theological knowledge integrated with moving and helpful personal stories and extremely practical ministry guidance.
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And as a bonus, I enjoyed the beautiful art. I particularly appreciate the fact that the writers are not strangers to suffering. Another—whom I know personally—grew up with a disabled father, stood by his daughter in a long battle with leukemia, then suffered a serious head injury from a biking accident which has resulted in nine years of nearly constant pain. These are not ivory tower theologians, out of touch academics or head-in-the-sand clerics.
Why, O God? : suffering and disability in the Bible and the church
These are real people in touch with real people, daily serving a God who shed real blood on a cross. One of the things I love about Why, O God? My friend John, a church elder, told me of a handicapped woman visiting his church, who had been in many other churches over her lifetime. After observing him on the platform in his wheelchair with the other elders, she told him he was the first disabled church leader she had ever seen.
My mind goes to one of the stories in Why, O God? Everyone came out ahead—the man, his wife, the men who served, and the Lord who took pleasure in it. This is the church at its best—not denying suffering or ignoring it or cloaking it, but bringing to it the love of our suffering Savior.
An uncaring world will never be won to Christ by an uncaring church.
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But when people see the church behaving like this, they will line up to find out about the Christ we serve. We should never forget this, and it can sustain us through great heartache. But meanwhile we are not immune to the fall and the curse. To top it off, the final paragraph of Why, O God? My thanks to each of the authors, and also to Larry Waters and Roy Zuck for assembling this excellent book. May it bring honor to the risen Christ, and enrichment to his people.
Until the day we see His outstretched hands, marked by the scars of His love for us, May 31, Diane rated it really liked it. This is an excellent book discussing the reasons why we suffer, taking the reader through different parts of the Bible including Job and the Psalms. Joni Eareckson Tada opens the book in a chapter entitled "Redeeming Suffering".
The various contributors discuss the why and the how of including the disabled into the church community. There are some very good suggestions of how to incorporate ministries for these valuable people into the normal functioning of the church body. A good read for churc This is an excellent book discussing the reasons why we suffer, taking the reader through different parts of the Bible including Job and the Psalms. A good read for church ministry leaders and members both. I would recommend it to all who care about those less able than ourselves.
Apr 22, Lillie rated it it was amazing Shelves: This book includes a number of articles by several different authors and covers a broad spectrum relating to suffering and disability: Since one in five people has some kind of disability, ministering to those with disabilities should be a high priority of the church. I have had some personal experience with how some churches treat those with disabilities.
Years ago, after my stroke, I was searching for a new church. My sister and I visited a megachurch with a nationally known pastor and a national television ministry. I was in a wheelchair at the time, and my sister had to push me. Although we thought we allowed plenty of time, we didn't anticipate the heavy traffic, so we just barely made it to the service on time. No one greeted us or directed us where to sit, so my sister slid into the back row, and I parked the wheelchair in the wide aisle next to the pew.
The service was impressive, but as we left, our opinion of the church changed. Again, no one spoke to us, and as my sister pushed me down the ramp, able-bodied churchgoers bypassed the crowded steps and rudely rushed by us down the ramp, nearly knocking me over. That clinched our decision not to return to that church. After visiting a number of churches where I did not feel welcome, I started regularly attending a church near my home.
By then, I was independent on a motorized scooter. I sat in a pew and parked the scooter along the nearby wall. The ushers arranged for the priest to bring Communion to me in the pew so I wouldn't have to transfer to the scooter and go to the altar rail, and people smiled and said hello before and after the service. However, no one ever carried on a conversation with me, and no one ever offered to help me get into the fellowship hall for the social hour following the service. There was a small step into the building that I couldn't negotiate in the scooter.
I went there for more than a year and never shared more than a few words with anyone—ushers, clergy, or anyone in the congregation. Finally I found the church I attend now. I walked into the sanctuary on my first visit rather than ride the scooter, but I used a cane and wasn't very stable on my feet. People were friendly and helpful without being condescending.
They treated me as a valuable and worthwhile child of God—the way everyone should be treated in church. I have been a member of that church for 16 years, and the parish is accepting of people with all types of disabilities. I recommend this book for individuals who want to understand the meaning of suffering and to churches who want to include those with disabilities in their church families.
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book: The greater one's need, the greater will be his capacity. And the greater the capacity, the greater will be one's experience of the Savior. No more intimate, sweeter fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ can ever be realized than through suffering. Thomson "Physical healing is not the norm today.
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