为什么？在伤痛中看见上帝 │Why? Seeing God in our Pain (Simplified Chinese Discovery Series)

人生难免会经历痛苦及患难。尽管每个人所面对的境况不同，但在经历痛苦和患难之际，我们都会问一个问题：“为什么？”本书从圣经的角度探究我们痛苦及惠难的根源。上帝赐给人类其中的一个恩赐就是“选择的能力”，而患难正是这个恩赐的副产品。人们行使选择的自由，结果带来困苦和磨难。令人欣慰的是，上帝会经为了我们的罪而受苦，所以祂深知我们的痛苦，祂还应许陪伴我们共度苦难。

柯贝尔 (Bill Crowder) 在牧会20多年后，加入灵命日粮事工的事奉团队。他目前担任圣经教导部副总裁，且经常与事工资深顾问狄马汀配搭事奉，是「圣经研读」广播节目里的其中一位主讲人。此外，也经常受邀到世界各地为基督徒领袖举办圣经讲座。

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Why do we suffer?

Pain and suffering. While each of our circumstances is unique, these common experiences beg that one big question, “Why?” Why? seeks to trace the root and causes of our pain and suffering from a biblical perspective.  Suffering is actually a byproduct of one of God’s greatest gifts to His creation—the gift of choice. And exercising that freedom of choice can result in great difficulties and challenges. The good news is that God also knows
suffering—for our sins—and that He not only understands our pain, but He promises to be with us in it.

Bill Crowder joined the Our Daily Bread Ministries staff in 2001 after more than 20 years in the pastorate stretching from West Virginia to southern California to west Michigan. Over the years, Bill has spent much of his time in a Bible-conference ministry around the world, serving ODBM offices and their outreach to their local communities. Bill is a contributing writer for the Our Daily Bread devotional and has written many Bible study booklets for ODBM’s Discovery Series. He has also published a number of books with ODB Publishing, the latest being Wisdom for our Worries and Gospel on the Mountains. Bill also serves as a co-host with Mart DeHaan, Elisa Morgan, and Daniel Ryan Day on the “Discover the Word” podcast and daily radio program, heard throughout the U.S. and on more than 20 stations in Canada. On the personal front, Bill is now semi-retired and, with his wife, Marlene, lives in North Carolina.