When God Weeps
by Joni Eareckson Tada and Steven Estes
Joni and a pastor on why God allows suffering, from her decades in a wheelchair. Theological and personal, harder than most books on the subject.
Read it if…
you want a serious theology of suffering from someone who lives it.
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Skip it if…
you want a memoir; see Joni.
Try instead: The Emotionally Healthy Church →
Three things you will actually use
- God permits what he hates to accomplish what he loves.
- Suffering is not meaningless.
- He weeps too.
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Read the chapters on God's sovereignty and sorrow.
Our verdict
Suffering, from a wheelchair.
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