{"product_id":"waiting-perry-c-brown-9798245319735","title":"Waiting...: Navigating the Most Important Part of the Christian Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur culture is training us to expect what God has never promised-instant answers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWaiting is one of the most common experiences of the Christian life-and one of the most misunderstood. It often feels lonely, painful, or confusing. Yet Scripture consistently presents waiting as purposeful rather than empty. Seasons of delay are not evidence of God's absence, but occasions in which He forms trust, deepens dependence, and shapes the heart in ways immediacy cannot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a thoughtful, Scripture-saturated invitation to trust God's timing when answers feel painfully slow.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from Scripture, church history, and pastoral reflection, Perry C. Brown examines the nature of waiting-and the character of the God who appoints it-with honesty about the cost it can exact on weary hearts. Divine delay, he argues, is not indifference or neglect, but a measured and compassionate expression of God's care-one that calls believers to humility, perseverance, and hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe greatest cost of refusing to wait is not always found in the wrongs we commit, but in the person we never become-the person God intends us to become. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book includes study questions at the end of each chapter as well as leaders' guides for group studies. It is useful for individuals, Bible studies, Sunday School classes, Christian spiritual development courses, and even for pastors as the basis for a sermon series on a biblical understanding of waiting. The Table of Contents lists these chapters: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 1: Uncovering Our Assumptions About Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: The War on Waiting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Eternity's Waiting Room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 2: Truths and Challenges in Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Three Truths About Waiting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Three Challenges in Waiting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 3: Anchors While We Wait\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Waiting Produces What Hurry Cannot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Divine Delay Is Not Divine Disinterest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 4: When the Waiting Is Over\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Waiting is Inevitable, But Not Perpetual\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: God Will Not Be Late\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 5: Beyond Our Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9: God Waits, Too\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10: No Waiting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpilogue: What If You Didn't Wait?\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: Still Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Perry C. Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245319735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Perry C. Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852728316159,"sku":"9798245319735","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waiting-perry-c-brown-9798245319735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}