What is good about feeling bad: Finding purpose and a path through your suffering

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Abstract

When you’re tightly clenched in the grip of suffering, it doesn’t always help to hear that God has a plan and a purpose. In fact, it may feel like adding salt to a raw wound. Why would a loving God put you through this? How can you be sure there is a greater good to be gained? In What’s Good about Feeling Bad? counselor John C. Thomas and renowned philosopher Gary Habermas and will help you find the answers you need. No strangers to personal tragedy themselves, the authors thoughtfully explore the impact of pain on our lives, explain fifteen spiritual benefits to suffering, and offer scriptural and practical advice to help you walk with God through even the hardest of times. If you are hurting—or know someone who is—this book is the road map you need to make it through your pain and emerge a stronger, wiser, and more complete person than ever before.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Suffering
  • Theology
  • Soulmaking

Disciplines

  • Mental and Social Health

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