Suffering and the sovereignty of God / John Piper, Justin Taylor, editors. - Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway Books, c2006. - 254 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I: The sovereignty of God in suffering -- Suffering and the sovereignty of God / John Piper -- All the good that is ours in Christ : seeing God's gracious hand in the hurts others do us / Mark Talbot -- Part II: The purposes of God in suffering -- The suffering of Christ and the sovereignty of God / John Piper -- Why God appoints suffering for his servants / John Piper -- Sovereignty, suffering, and the work of missions / Steve Saint -- The sovereignty of God and ethnic-based suffering / Carl F. Ellis, Jr. -- Part III: The grace of God in suffering -- God's grace and your sufferings / David Powlison -- Waiting for the morning during the long night of weeping / Dustin Shramek -- Hope--the best of things / Joni Eareckson Tada.

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Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Providence and government of God--Christianity.
God (Christianity)--Omnipotence.
Theodicy.

BT 732.7 / .S835 2006