Torn to Heal: God's Good Purpose in Suffering (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781936760732)

God is radically dedicated to our ongoing growth in spiritual maturity and holiness. This is both glorious and terrifying. It is glorious because the Lord of heaven and earth is for us. But it is terrifying because we are idolaters. This means that when God brings greater redemption into our lives he also brings a death sentence to our fallen desires. In love, God will do whatever it takes - even tearing us to shreds if necessary - to replace our feeble pleasures with lasting desire for himself. Sadly, in our culture two false responses to suffering have become deeply embedded in the Church: deadly dualism and shallow stoicism. Each can effectively hijack God's good purpose in suffering. Torn to Heal equips us to understand and reject these false and self-defeating approaches to suffering, and to embrace God's good purpose in our trials.

Author: Mike Leake
ISBN-10: 1936760738
ISBN-13: 9781936760732
Publisher: Cruciform Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2013
Pages: 110
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.23d