Suffering Resources

A Biblical Approach to Personal Suffering
By: Walter C. Kaiser
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/a-biblical-approach-to-personal-suffering/walter-kaiser/9781592443659/pd/443658
https://www.christianbook.com

Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Approach-Personal-Suffering/dp/1592443656/
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A Grief Observed
by C. S. Lewis (Author), Madeleine L'Engle (Foreword)

https://www.amazon.com/Grief-Observed-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652381

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Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moment," A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: "Nothing will shake a man -- or at any rate a man like me -- out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself." This is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings.

A Path Through Suffering
By: Elisabeth Elliot
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/a-path-through-suffering/elisabeth-elliot/9780800724986/pd/724982
https://www.christianbook.com/

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Path-Through-Suffering-Elisabeth-Elliot/dp/0800724984/
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A Path Through Suffering is a book for anyone searching for faith, comfort, and assurance. It is an honest book about the way our merciful God draws us closer to Himself and expands our capacity for surrender and obedience in order that we might finally and fully share in His resurrection glory

Are we willing to drink his cup?

http://www.ravenhill.org/drinkcup.htm

http://www.ravenhill.org

Articles About Trials and Suffering
Grace Communication International

http://www.gci.org/spiritual/trials

http://www.gci.org

On this page is a list of titles of articles about trials and sufferings. Many of these articles tackles about grief and loss. You may enter the word grief in the search engine.

Christianbook.com

http://www.christianbook.com

Christianbook.com offers a lot of books about grieving and loss. Go to Christianbook.com website and type the keywords suffering, grieving, grief, and loss when looking for these books.

Cuando Lo Que Dios Hace No Tiene Sentido - Spanish Edition
by James Dobson (Author)

Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Cuando-Tiene-Sentido-Spanish-Favoritos/dp/0789910802/

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Deserted by God?
By: Sinclair Ferguson
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/deserted-by-god-sinclair-ferguson/9781848711532/pd/711532
https://www.christianbook.com/

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Deserted-God-Sinclair-B-Ferguson/dp/1848711530
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Suffering, failure, sin, illness, loneliness, disappointment. They all come in a seemingly endless variety of shapes and sizes. At times there seems to be no way to turn, either backwards or forwards; there is no light at either end of the tunnel. For many people such experiences raise the question: Why has this happened to me? Has God abandoned me? Can nobody help? Is despair all that is left to me?

Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud
by Philip Yancey
Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Disappointment-With-God-Three-Questions/dp/031021436X

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Is God unfair? Is He silent? Is He hidden? These are three questions that Christians wonder but seldom ask aloud. In this book, Disappointment with God, Philip Yancey wrote the odd disparity between our concept of God and the realities of life. Yancey answers the questions with clarity, honesty, and biblical assurance. He points us beyond life's disappointments and the cynicism they can breed to a stronger, wiser faith, a confidence in God's deep love for us, and a thirst to reach not just for what God gives, but for what God is.

Finding God's Path Through Your Trials: His Help for Every Difficulty You Face
By: Elizabeth George
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/finding-through-trials-every-difficulty-face/elizabeth-george/9780736913744/pd/913742
https://www.christianbook.com

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Gods-Path-Through-Trials/dp/0736913742/
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Born out of the author's desire to help others through difficult times, Finding God's Path Through Your Trials guides women to the assurance that God is still with them in their troubles. Elizabeth uses biblical examples and personal experience to show how God redeems seemingly hopeless situations. Readers will be encouraged as they explore how God can use their weaknesses to strengthen their faith.

Finding Hope When Life Seems Dark: Hosea, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah
By: Kay Arthur, Pete DeLacy
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/finding-micah-nahum-habakkuk-zephaniah-ebook/kay-arthur/9780736935845/pd/21098EB
https://www.christianbook.com

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Hope-When-Life-Seems/dp/0736918256/
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In this booklet you'll study five of the prophets who ministered to both the northern and southern kingdoms before the exile of the southern kingdom to Babylon. Though God commissioned His prophets to preach unique messages to different audiences, He gave them a common theme—hope when life seems dark. As you study these, you too will find hope. Group or individual study includes a daily guide to help you discover truth for yourself, questions for discussion, a thought for the week, and a memory challenge.

How Could a Loving God? Powerful Answers on Suffering and Loss
By: Ken Ham
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/could-loving-powerful-answers-suffering-loss/ken-ham/9780890515044/pd/515044
https://www.christianbook.com

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/How-Could-Loving-God-Ken/dp/0890515042/
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The heartache of grief and loss can crash against our Christian faith like tidal waves. Well-meaning people who toss out a religious nugget of wisdom hoping to bring quick relief often worsen the emotional pain of trauma and tragedy.
In How Could a Loving God, Christian apologist Ken Ham offers sound biblical counsel and answers to some of life's greatest questions.

Let God Be God: Life-changing Truths from the Book of Job
By: Ray C. Stedman
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/life-changing-truths-from-book-job/ray-stedman/9781572931800/pd/931802
https://www.christianbook.com/

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Let-God-Be-Life-Changing-Truths/dp/1572931809/
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In this book, Ray Stedman explains the seemingly perplexing mysteries of the book of Job. He offers insights on the nature of suffering, the character of God, the reality of humanity and show encouragement can be found even in the midst of trials as they are understood through God's perspective. Stedman is a pastor with a warm, humorous style sure to help you discover new biblical truths.

Life After Loss: Grieving with Hope - Digital original - eBook
By: Tim Jackson

Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/after-grieving-hope-digital-original-ebook/9781572939493/pd/80115EB

https://www.christianbook.com

Lord, Where Are You When Bad Things Happen?
By: Kay Arthur
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/lord-where-when-bad-things-happen/kay-arthur/9781578564385/pd/64387
https://www.christianbook.com

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Where-When-Things-Happen/dp/0880708832/
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This Book Will Renew Your Faith in God This book is awesome! It definitely answers the question of "Lord, where are You when bad things happen?" Unfortunately, sometimes God is using the bad to judge sin. This book is very thorough, though, and reminds us of the character of God. If we are obedient to Him, if we love Him, then He will turn the bad into our ultimate good.

Sufrir Nunca es en Vano (Suffering is Never for Nothing)
By: Elisabeth Elliot
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/sufrir-nunca-es-en-vano/elisabeth-elliot/9781535983976/pd/983970
https://www.christianbook.com

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Sufrir-nunca-Spanish-Elisabeth-Elliot/dp/1535983973/
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Widowed twice, Elliot is no stranger to pain and loss. But she discovered that it's often through the deepest suffering that God teaches us the most profound lessons. In this Spanish edition, journey with her as she reveals how experiencing hardship can often be a gateway to gratitude and joy.

Suffering Is Never for Nothing
By: Elisabeth Elliot
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/suffering-is-never-for-nothing/elisabeth-elliot/9781535914154/pd/914152
https://www.christianbook.com

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Suffering-Never-Nothing-Elisabeth-Elliot/dp/1535914157/
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Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has the potential to devastate and destroy, or to be the gateway to gratitude and joy. Elisabeth Elliot was no stranger to suffering. Her first husband, Jim, was murdered by the Waoroni people in Ecuador moments after he arrived in hopes of sharing the gospel. Her second husband was lost to cancer. Yet, it was in her deepest suffering that she learned the deepest lessons about God.
Why doesn't God do something about suffering? He has, He did, He is, and He will.

The Doctrine of Suffering

Bible.org

http://www.bible.org/docs/ot/character/elijah/elijah-21.htm

http://www.bible.org

The God Who Suffers

Christianity Today

http://www.christianity.net/ct/7T2/7T2038.html

http://www.christianity.net

The Problem of Evil: How Can a Good God Allow Evil?

Leaderu

http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/evil.html

http://www.leaderu.com

The Problem of Pain
by C. S. Lewis (Author)
Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Pain-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652969

https://www.amazon.com

In the Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis, one of the most renowned Christian authors and thinkers, examines a universally applicable question within the human condition: “If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?” With his signature wealth of compassion and insight, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.

The Question That Never Goes Away
By: Philip Yancey

https://www.christianbook.com/the-question-that-never-goes-away/philip-yancey/9780310339823/pd/339823
https://www.christianbook.com

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Question-That-Never-Goes-Away/dp/0310339820/
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In his classic book Where Is God When It Hurts, Philip Yancey gave us permission to doubt, reasons not to abandon faith, and practical ways to reach out to hurting people.
And now, thirty years after writing his first book, Yancey revisits our cry of “Why, God” in three places stunned into silence by the calamities that have devastated them. At some point all of us will face the challenges to faith Yancey writes about and look for the comfort and hope he describes.

Tsunamis, Suffering & Evil: How Can an All-Powerful, All-Knowing, Good God Allow It?
Leaderu

http://www.leaderu.com/focus/tsunamiandgod.html

http://www.leaderu.com

Questions about natural catastrophes, sufferings and evil are commonly asked by Christians and non-Christian. This article offers answers to these questions.

When God Doesn't Make Sense?
By James Dobson
Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/When-God-Doesnt-Make-Sense/dp/0842382275

http://www.amazon.com

This book deals with life's most troubling question “Why?” A Christian psychologist and family counselor, Dr. Dobson brings hope to those who have almost given up. 1 1994 Gold Medallion Award winner, this book also helps believers avoid the “betrayal barrier,” the sense that God is abandoning them amid the storms of life.

Where Was God? When You Suffered Unspeakable Horrors

http://www.net-burst.net/hope/evil.htm

This is an insightful webpage that addresses every form of evil, tragedy and suffering. The page is available in English, French, Punjabi, and Urdu languages.

Why Christians Suffer

Bible.org

http://www.bible.org/docs/splife/misc/suffer.htm

http://www.bible.org

Why Does God's Creation Include Death and Suffering?

Answer Genesis

http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/why-does-creation-include-suffering
http://www.answersingenesis.org

This article answers the question about death and suffering. It also contains Bible verses that support the answers.

When God Doesn't Make Sense?
Amazon
by James C. Dobson (Author), R. T. Kendall (Foreword)
Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/When-God-Doesnt-Make-Sense/dp/1414371152

https://www.amazon.com

With more than one million copies sold, When God Doesn’t Make Sense is an immensely practical book for those who are struggling with trials and heartaches they can’t understand. Why does disease, natural disaster, divorce, rejection, death, or some other sorrow seep into our lives when we are trying to serve the Lord? It just doesn’t seem fair!

Where Is God When It Hurts?
by Philip Yancey (Author)
Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Where-When-Hurts-Philip-Yancey/dp/0310214378

https://www.amazon.com/

Winner of the Gold Medallion Award and an inspirational best-seller for over twenty years, Where is God When it Hurts? Has been revised and updated by the author to explore the many important issues that have arisen during that time. Sensitive and caring, this unique book discusses pain--physical, emotional, and spiritual--and helps us understand why we suffer from it and how to cope with our own and that of others. Using examples from the Bible as well as the author's personal experiences, this expanded edition speaks to everyone for whom life sometimes doesn't make sense. Philip Yancey can help us discover how to reach out to someone in pain even when we don't know what to say. It shows us how we can learn to accept without blame, anger, or fear that which we cannot understand.

Why is There Suffering?

Bible.org

http://www.bible.org/docs/splife/misc/suff.htm

http://www.bible.org

Why Would A Good God Allow Suffering? - Study Guide
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/would-good-allow-suffering-study-guide/9781572935532/pd/935532?event=ESRCG
https://www.christianbook.com

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Why-Would-Good-Allow-Suffering/dp/1572935537/
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How can you continue to trust God when it seems as if He’s standing on the sidelines watching you suffer? In the six-lesson Bible study Why Would a Good God Allow Suffering? Kurt DeHaan offers wisdom from the Word to help you stand firm in your faith even in the midst of pain and suffering. Gain a better understanding of how trials can alert and direct you to see God’s perspective in your life.

Why? Seeing God in Our Pain - Digital original – eBook
By: Bill Crowder
Christianbook

https://www.christianbook.com/seeing-our-pain-digital-original-ebook/9781627074483/pd/80112EB
https://www.christianbook.comv

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Why-Seeing-God-Our-Pain/dp/B01C4D80ZM/

https://www.amazon.com/

Christian Counselors Advice to Those with PTSD and Trauma

https://www.missionaryresources.com/PTSDadvice




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