The Shaming of the Strong by Sarah Williams

Thanks to my wife Carole for the following book review on The Shaming of the Strong by Sarah Williams. This is a challenging book which looks at how one family deals with the awful knowledge that their longed for third child is severely deformed and unlikely to survive beyond birth. Sarah and Paul Williams are [...]

From Medicine to Miracle by Dr Mary Self and Rod Chaytor

Thanks to my wife Carole who has written the following review on ”From Medicine to Miracle by Dr Mary Self and Rod Chaytor.” I first came across this book in an article “How do we pray for the sick?”, Woman Alive (Jan 2010). This is a well written and uplifting book that seeks to honestly recount, [...]

How God uses Affliction

Some thoughts from Spurgeon on How God uses Affliction.

Theological and Pastoral Response to the Tragedy in Haiti

Mike Milton has written a Theological and Pastoral Response to the Tragedy in Haiti in which he looks at how Christians can respond to this tradegy.

Spurgeon on Suffering

This is another well written article on suffering entitled “The Multiple Means to Joy: Spurgeon on Suffering” which will help us as we wrestle with this difficult subject.

Suffering

There are no easy answers to suffering and the problem of pain. These two links below may be of interest to those who wrestle and struggle with these issues. The first is about a new book called “Suffering and the Goodness of God” and the second is some thoughts on “God and the problem of [...]