Shaped by Suffering
by Kenneth Boa with Jenny Abel | Book Summary
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Author: Kenneth Boa with Jenny Abel
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"The qualities we most admire in people are seldom forged in times of ease but in times of adversity." (p. 2) We can view the Christian life as a crucible of adversity, and it is in this crucible that God's grace transmutes the lead of suffering into the gold of glory. Given the universal nature of suffering, the question we need to focus on is not whether we'll meet with it, but what we're going to do with it. What does God want to do with our struggles? Shaped by Suffering helps readers see that hardships are redemptive, shaping our character and shifting our attitudes about God, other people, and ourselves. Without a biblical perspective, it is easy for bitterness to take root and to become discouraged from the calling God has given us. |
Kenneth Boa is the president of Reflections Ministries, Omnibus Media Ministries, and Trinity House Publishers. He earned a BS from Case Institute of Technology in 1967 (now Case Western Reserve University), a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1972, a PhD from New York University in 1985, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1994.
A prolific writer, Boa has authored over fifty books, including Conformed to His Image, Faith Has Its Reasons, Rewriting Your Broken Story, and Life in the Presence of God. He is also contributing editor to the Open Bible, the Promise Keepers Men's Study Bible, and the Leadership Bible, and a consulting editor of the Zondervan NASB Study Bible.
Jenny Abel is an editor and writer for Reflections Ministries and Omnibus Ministries. She also co-authored A Guide to Practicing God's Presence with Kenneth Boa and edited Life in the Presence of God. She makes her home in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Shaped by Suffering
by Kenneth Boa with Jenny Abel
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Kenneth Boa with Jenny Abel |
| Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
| Date | February 4, 2020 |
| Pages | 264 |
Overview:
Suffering is inescapable. Whether due to loss, illness, sickness, death of a loved one, or even persecution, adversity is part of living in a fallen world. God, however, uses hardship to conform His people to Christ and grow their character. Our response to affliction is far more important than the form suffering takes. God works through our suffering and prepares us for eternity.
"The qualities we most admire in people are seldom forged in times of ease but in times of adversity." (p. 2) We can view the Christian life as a crucible of adversity, and it is in this crucible that God's grace transmutes the lead of suffering into the gold of glory.
Given the universal nature of suffering, the question we need to focus on is not whether we'll meet with it, but what we're going to do with it. What does God want to do with our struggles?
Shaped by Suffering helps readers see that hardships are redemptive, shaping our character and shifting our attitudes about God, other people, and ourselves. Without a biblical perspective, it is easy for bitterness to take root and to become discouraged from the calling God has given us.
Kenneth Boa is the president of Reflections Ministries, Omnibus Media Ministries, and Trinity House Publishers. He earned a BS from Case Institute of Technology in 1967 (now Case Western Reserve University), a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1972, a PhD from New York University in 1985, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1994.
A prolific writer, Boa has authored over fifty books, including Conformed to His Image, Faith Has Its Reasons, Rewriting Your Broken Story, and Life in the Presence of God. He is also contributing editor to the Open Bible, the Promise Keepers Men's Study Bible, and the Leadership Bible, and a consulting editor of the Zondervan NASB Study Bible.
Jenny Abel is an editor and writer for Reflections Ministries and Omnibus Ministries. She also co-authored A Guide to Practicing God's Presence with Kenneth Boa and edited Life in the Presence of God. She makes her home in Charlottesville, Virginia.