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Where Is God When It Hurts: Revised & Expanded Edition With Study Guide (Philip Yancey)
WHERE IS GOD WHEN IT HURTS
Revised and Expanded, with Study Guide
Award-winning author Philip Yancey has now revised and expanded the book that established his reputation as a first-rate writer and thinker. Why a revision? Yancey says, "Years have passed since I wrote it, years in which I have never ceased thinking about the subject of pain. I have also heard from hundreds of readers, many of whom wrote me wrenching letters. In a sense, this new edition represents a dialogue with my readers, the next step in my own pilgrimage."
This new edition features more than 100 pages of fresh material, including:
- 5 new chapters that give practical advice on how to help hurting people
- a study guide for every chapter, offering discussion questions for use in personal or group study
- a complete revision and updating of the book that was named "The Best Inspirational Book of 1977" and has since gone through 30 printings
Philip Yancey has a knack for tackling the tough questions. As he says, "We usually think of the problem of pain as a question we ask of God, but it is also a question he asks of us. How do we respond to hurting people?"
He originally wrote this book, in his words, "because so many of the books on pain seem oddly irrelevant to suffering people. For them the problem of pain is not a theoretical problem, a theology game. It is a problem of relationship. Many suffering people want to love God, but cannot see past their tears. They feel hurt, and betrayed. Sadly, the church often responds with more confusion than comfort."
This new expanded edition of Where Is God When It Hurts should speak to anyone for whom life sometimes just doesn't make sense. It should help equip anyone who wants to reach out to someone in pain, but just doesn't know what to say.