Surrendering to Hope: Guidance for the Broken - Couverture souple

Hicks, John Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1684260604 ISBN 13 : 9781684260607

Editeur : ACU Press/Leafwood Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

Broken trust is not the end.Have you ever felt like Job, watching God cure, calm, and care for others, while you remain crumpled on the floor looking for God in the darkness? In Surrendering to Hope, you ll find fifteen stories of heartbreak and tragedy told with unflinching honesty brutal deaths of loved ones, chronic illness, mental and sexual abuse, divorce, as well as struggles with same sex attraction, dealing with the trauma of combat loss, and living under racial oppression. But the real story of Surrendering to Hope is that every story is God s story. Despite brokenness and suffering, God is lovingly, powerfully present in every life. He invites each of us to lean on him in trust and begin a journey towards peace.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Mark Hicks, Professor of Theology at Lipscomb University, is no stranger to the hard lesson of surrendering to hope as a man who has lost a wife and a child. He has taught in higher education among Churches of Christ for thirty-five years, spoken in over forty states and twenty countries, and has authored numerous books and articles. He tells his own story in his latest book Meeting God at the Shack: A Journey into Spiritual Recovery.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Where's God when I suffer? Have you ever felt like Job, watching God cure, calm, and care for others, while you remain crumpled on the floor looking for God in the darkness? In Surrendering to Hope, you'll find fifteen stories of heartbreak and tragedy told with unflinching honesty brutal deaths of loved ones, chronic illness, mental and sexual abuse, divorce, as well as struggles with same sex attraction, dealing with the trauma of combat loss, and living under racial oppression. But the real story of Surrendering to Hope is that every story is God's story. Despite brokenness and suffering, God is lovingly, powerfully present in every life. He invites each of us to lean on him in trust and begin a journey towards peace.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ACU Press/Leafwood Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1684260604
• ISBN 13: 9781684260607
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible