How I Suffered from My Theology and Regained My Faith by Questioning 3 Beliefs

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Deliverance Publishers, 2006 - Religion - 160 pages
Jennifer Brost felt she'd been beaten physically, emotionally, and spiritually to within an inch of her existence. While in her early 20s, Jennifer's mother-in-law and mother died I year apart. One & a half years later, her father was killed in a car accident. On this same morning, Jennifer went into cardiac arrest due to complications of a routine surgery; the child she was pregnant with died on this day as well. Through the deaths of her mother-in-law and mother, Jennifer consoled herself with three beliefs: 1) All hardships are good in disguise, 2) God causes or allows all suffering, 3) Little can be done to make life better (so sit back & relax). Strangely, as Jennifer faced the deaths of her father and son, as well as her own failing health, she felt unsettled about her three beliefs. She began to hate God and begged her husband to leave his seminary training.
 

Contents

Are All Hardships Good in Disguise?
7
Experiencing Pain
23
Summary
33
Assigning Blame
39
Experimenting with Theology
47
Gods Sovereignty and Mans
63
Summary
73
Learning to Not Act Helpless
77
Doing What Can Be Done
103
Suggestions for Making
111
Summary
123
Questions for Group and Individual Study
129
Appendix 1
139
Appendix 2
153
Works Cited
160
Copyright

Ten Types of Sufferings
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