Suffering and the Sovereignty of God

Table of Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
PART I: The Sovereignty of God in Suffering......Page 15
1. Suffering and the Sovereignty of God: Ten Aspects of God's Sovereignty Over Suffering and Satan's Hand in It......Page 17
2. "All the Good That Is Ours in Christ": Seeing God's Gracious Hand in the Hurts Others Do to Us......Page 31
PART II: The Purposes of God in Suffering......Page 79
3. The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God......Page 81
4. Why God Appoints Suffering for His Servants......Page 91
5. Sovereignty, Suffering, and the Work of Missions......Page 111
6. The Sovereignty of God and Ethnic-Based Suffering......Page 123
PART III: The Grace of God in Suffering......Page 143
7. God's Grace and Your Sufferings......Page 145
8. Waiting for the Morning during the Long Night of Weeping......Page 175
9. Hope...the Best of Things......Page 191
APPENDICES......Page 205
- Don't Waste Your Cancer......Page 207
- An Interview with John Piper......Page 219
Subject Index......Page 242
Person Index......Page 245
Scripture Index......Page 247
Desiring God: Note on Resources......Page 255