Suffering Library

Download the entire Suffering issue and the set of six study guides. Or, download individual pieces by clicking the titles below.

• Articles
"Power Made Perfect in Weakness," by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
"Suffering Servants," by Waldemar Janzen
"We Have Never Seen His Face," by Brett R. Dewey
"Healing Presence," by John Swinton
"My Father's Hands," by Pauline Brand Nelson

• Art
Crucifixion in Christian Art, by Heidi J. Hornik
"Transcending Cultures," on Stradano's Crucifixion
and He Qi's The Crucifixion
"My Redeemer Lives," on Carpaccio's Meditation on the Passion

• Hymn and Worship Service
"Why Have You Forsaken Me?" by Terry W. York and C. David Bolin
Worship Service by David M. Bridges

• Inspirational Pieces
"Suffering Together at Valle Nuevo," by Yvonne Dilling
"Not in the Medical Records," by Stephen A. Schmidt
Other Voices, Quotations on Suffering

• Book Reviews
•"How the Soul Grows Through Loss," by Phyllis Kersten
• Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son
• Gerald L. Sittser, A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss

"Facing Painful Questions," by Roger Ward
• John G. Stackhouse, Jr., Can God Be Trusted?: Faith and the Challenge of Evil
• Douglas John Hall, God and Human Suffering: An Exercise in the Theology of the Cross
• Gary Watts, Painful Questions: Facing Struggles with Faith
• Phillip Yancey, Where is God When It Hurts?

• Study Guides and Lesson Plans (Download the set of six Study Guides)
"Power Made Perfect in Weakness"
"Suffering Servants"
"We Have Never Seen His Face"
"My Father's Hands"
"Healing Presence"
"Suffering Together in Valle Nuevo"

• Further Reading
"Dying Well," by Abigail Rian Evans (Health)
"Prayer in Eclipse," by Ken Massey (Prayer)