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Title: When God Weeps by Joni Eareckson Tada, Steven Estes ISBN: 0-310-23835-8 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (18 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: When God Weeps
Comment: I had to put this book down. I found it very harsh and terribly depressing. I found God represented in a negative way. I would not recomand this book to anyone who is suffering especially if you have issues with Gods sovereignty. I think God is weeping over the distorted image presented in this book regarding His love and plan for our lives.
Jesus said in John 10:10 that He came to give us life have it more abundantly. I would give this a 0 but you have to pick 1-5
Rating: 2
Summary: Possibly a depressing and hopeless book
Comment: Joni Eareckson is undoubtedly a genuine and great Christian; but unfortunately this book is rather one-sided. If you are suffering from some serious illness, this book could leave you in despair and without hope.
There is a fallacy underlying this book; Joni Was Not Healed And Therefore God Does Not Heal Any More.
That is completely false and presumptuous.
Yes, it is true that God will not heal everyone; yes, there are burdens you will have to carry that might not be lifted away from you. Yes, the Health and Wealth Charismatics go to another extreme and demand prosperity and healing and comfort.
But You *can* approach God in faith asking for healing and (yes!) God just might heal you.
Rita Philip was diagnosed 8 years ago (in India) with a stage 4 cancer which kills 90% of women. It had spread to lungs, liver etc and she was given 3 months to live. She approached God in faith for healing. Though she *did* undergo surgery and chemotherapy, her remission was so dramatic that it amazed the doctors. Even today in the USA, atheist oncologists and doctors are amazed and say she is "very fortunate to be alive".
Joni chooses to ignore the Jehovah Rapha (healer) nature of God. This is unfortunate. If you read the Psalms e.g. Psalm 22, David pleads with God again and again, to deliver him from enemies, disease etc. Each time he passes from pleading and frustration, to putting his trust in God and confidence that God will deliver. If it were David's lot only to suffer, then he would never have put his confidence in God's deliverance. Instead, he would have trusted in himself only.
Sadly, as another reviewer on this website pointed out, this book could have been a wonderful resource but has instead become unbalanced.
Rating: 4
Summary: Covers all the bases
Comment: Wonderful study and discussion of God's place in human suffering. I appreciated the way she addressed questions and false perceptions most of us have regarding this issue.
I will keep this book and refer to it in the future. I'm happy to have so many verses related to this topic in one place.
The only reason I gave it four stars instead of five is that her writing style in the beginning of the book made me uncomfortable. Some of her familiarity toward God and attempts at humor or a lighter tone made me wince. I'd liken it to the style Max Lucado uses, to which I often react the same way. She uses it far less than he, and I know neither author INTENDS any disrespect toward God.
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Title: Heaven by Joni Eareckson Tada ISBN: 0310219191 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 10 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: The God I Love: A Lifetime of Walking With Jesus by Joni Eareckson Tada ISBN: 0310240085 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: Diamonds in the Dust by Joni Eareckson Tada ISBN: 0310379504 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 06 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: Joni by Joni Eareckson Tada, Billy Graham, Joe Musser ISBN: 0310240018 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Holiness In Hidden Places by Joni E. Tada ISBN: 0849953677 Publisher: J Countryman Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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