Shaped by Suffering (eBook)

How Temporary Hardships Prepare Us for Our Eternal Home

Kenneth Boa (Autor)

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2020 | 1. Auflage
264 Seiten
IVP (Verlag)
978-0-8308-3647-5 (ISBN)

Infos

'The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.' 1 Peter 5:10 Suffering comes to us all. It may be disease or debilitation, pain or persecution. Our difficulties may be invisible to others or impossible to hide. Sometimes we suffer because of our Christian witness. Other times it's simply part of living in a fallen world. But suffering affects us all, in ways we don't always anticipate. Christians today are often not prepared to suffer well and have a shortsighted view of pain and trials. Ken Boa shows how God uses suffering to shape his children for eternity and to grow them in Christlike character. The book of 1 Peter tells us suffering is both a guarantee and comparatively brief; we shouldn't be surprised when it comes to us. The nature of our affliction is not as important as our response to it. God is at work through our hardships and wants to use them to prepare us for eternal life. Suffering can make us bitter or better. Rediscover living hope, present joy, and a glorious future.

Kenneth Boa is an author, speaker and the president of Reflections Ministries. He is the author of over fifty books including Conformed to His Image, 20 Compelling Evidences That God Exists, Face to Face and Faith Has Its Reasons. He is a contributing editor to the Open Bible, the Promise Keepers Men's Study Bible and the Leadership Bible, and is the consulting editor of the Zondervan NASB Study Bible. Boa earned a BS from Case Institute of Technology, a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, a PhD from New York University and a DPhil from the University of Oxford. Boa teaches a weekly Bible and Faith study at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he resides with his wife.

Autor

Jenny Abel is an editor and a writer for Reflections Ministries and Omnibus Media Ministries. She coauthored A Guide to Practicing God's Presence with Kenneth Boa and edited Life in the Presence of God. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. Kenneth Boa is the president of Reflections Ministries, Omnibus Media Ministries, and Trinity House Publishers. His many books include Conformed to His Image, Faith Has Its Reasons, Rewriting Your Broken Story, and Life in the Presence of God. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2020
• Co-Autor: Jenny Abel
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Schlagworte: 1 Peter • 1 peter 5:10 • Adversity • Christian hope • Christian perspective on suffering • Christian suffering • Christlike Character • eternal glory • eternal life • god is at work in our pain • hardships • Hope in Christ • hope in pain • hope in suffering • hope in the midst of pain • hope in the midst of suffering • hope of eternity • overcoming suffering • overcoming trials • Suffering • suffering in light of eternity • Trials
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-3647-0 / 0830836470
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3647-5 / 9780830836475