Both and ancient work of poetry, and the oldest book in the Bible, the book of Job asks the earnest question of mankind: Why do bad things happen to good people? Afflicted with disease, stripped of his wealth, and asked to confess to evil provocations, righteous Job reaches through his cloud of suffering and strains to touch God. We have heard Job's story. Yet as we ponder Job's misery, do we see the threads of God's mercy in it? We will all face suffering at some point in our lives; it is inescapable. But what makes calamity endurable is not that God shares our shock, but that through every flame of pain and flood of fear, His sovereign goodness sustains us and turns it all for our good. Author John Piper's interpretive poem is heightened with the striking artwork of Christopher Koelle. The dramatic visuals provide an intense understanding of the very raw, very human pain of a man who endured the worst of human sufferings and same out still worshiping the God who controls the Leviathan, the dawn, the stars, and every aspect of human tragedy.
Author
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as senior pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College, Fuller Theological Seminary (B.D.), and the University of Munich (D.theol.). For six years, he taught Biblical Studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1980 accepted the call to serve as pastor at Bethlehem. John is the author of more than 50 books and more than 30 years of his preaching and teaching is available free at desiringGod.org. John and his wife, Noel, have four sons, one daughter, and twelve grandchildren. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
