Thursday, February 14, 2008

Resources - books that help

God graciously led us to these books by "chance", but obviously I believe he guides us by such circumstances. I was preparing a study on Thessalonians before Jan was diagnosed, and found references to John Piper whilst studying persecution of the early church such as at Thessalonica. They have become a treasure since Jan's diagnosis.

A full list of the top 100 is here:

www.restministries.org/rmp/2007top100books.pdf

Jan has found item 1 so useful she has given copies to others. Details here:

90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life - Don Piper & Cecil Murphy

Immediately after being killed in a car accident nearly fifteen years ago, Don Piper went to heaven. EMTs on the scene determined he had been killed instantly after a articulated truck had swerved into his lane, crushing his car. This is an amazing, honest story of a pastor's ongoing experience with debilitating chronic pain. He openly shares his frustrations, fears, and anger, but also his hope ISBN 078-0800759494

And item 73 in the list is:


Suffering and the Sovereignty of God

In Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, contributors John Piper, Joni Eareckson Tada, Steve Saint, Carl Ellis, David Powlison, Dustin Shramek, and Mark Talbot explore the many categories of God’s sovereignty as evidenced in his Word. They urge readers to look to Christ, even in suffering, to find the greatest confidence, deepest comfort, and sweetest fellowship they have ever known.

“John Piper and friends tackle some of the hardest and most significant issues of Christian concern, producing one of the most honest, faithful, and helpful volumes ever made available to thinking Christians. It is filled with pastoral wisdom, theological conviction, biblical insight, and spiritual counsel. This book answers one of the greatest needs of our times—to affirm the sovereignty of God and to ponder the meaning of human suffering. We need this book.”

There is a review on this at http://bibchr.blogspot.com/2005/10/suffering-and-sovereignty-of-god-and.html

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