Why Does It Have to Hurt?: The Meaning of Christian Suffering

by Dan G. McCartney

Overview

What purpose does suffering serve in my life? Is God all-powerful? Isn’t he loving and good, particularly toward his children? We all experience suffering, some of us more than others. In fact, if you’re a Christian, you’ve been called to suffer with Christ. But why does it have to hurt?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875523866
Publisher:	Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing
Publication date:	01/22/1998
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dan McCartney (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament Interpretation at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas. He is the author of Why Does it Have to Hurt? and is a contributor to several reference works.

Editorial Reviews

Dan McCartney’s splendid book . . . has all the qualities necessary to help us deal with such a sensitive, personal, and often difficult question. It is thoroughly honest and realistic; its approach is marked by Christian wisdom; and above all, it is biblical—and set out in his clear, readable, and easily followed style. . . . the result is a book which every Christian should read.

Sinclair B Ferguson

McCartney looks the ‘monster’ in the eye and, with Bible in hand, gives honest answers to honest questions about suffering. This is a refreshing book. Read it! You’ll be glad you did!

Steve Brown

The best treatment of suffering I’ve read from a Reformed point of view. . . . gripping, practical, encouraging.

John Bettler