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Reason for the Season
Reason for the Season

Reason for the Season

Ministerial Reflections on Grief & Suffering as Spiritual Formations

byBob Agee and Roger D. Duke

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"Many times a minister will convene, console, and comfort at some calamity, bereavement, or other appointment ordained by the Hand of God. But who consoles and comforts the minister as he goes through his own 'dark night of the soul?'… Read more

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  • The contributors to this fine volume address the problem of pain and suffering not only with powerful insights from their own personal experiences, but also with clarifying pastoral and theological reflection. When people experience hurt and suffering, when they face the confusion associated with many of life's challenges, they want and need practical as well as scriptural guidance.

    Dr. David S. Dockery

    Dr. David S. Dockery

    President of Union University

  • In the early days of my pastoral ministry, I began to learn that there is a hurt in every heart and in every home. While the contributors to this book present many reminders of this tearful reality, they also testify that the grace of God is sufficient to sustain the followers of Jesus in a fallen, broken world.

    Donald S. Whitney

    Donald S. Whitney

    Associate Professor of Spiritual

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Reason for the Season

Reason for the Season

Bob Agee and Roger D. Duke

"The contributors to this fine volume address the problem of pain and suffering not only with powerful insights from their own personal experiences, but also with clarifying pastoral and theological reflection. When people experience hurt and suffering, when they face the confusion associated with many of life's challenges, they want and need practical as well as scriptural guidance. Such guidance can be found throughout the various chapters in this volume. I am confident that the biblical encouragement found in these pages will be helpful for many."

Dr. David S. Dockery

Dr. David S. Dockery

President of Union University, Jackson, Tennessee

"In the early days of my pastoral ministry, I began to learn that there is a hurt in every heart and in every home. While the contributors to this book present many reminders of this tearful reality, they also testify that the grace of God is sufficient to sustain the followers of Jesus in a fallen, broken world."

Donald S. Whitney

Donald S. Whitney

Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation

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"Many times a minister will convene, console, and comfort at some calamity, bereavement, or other appointment ordained by the Hand of God. But who consoles and comforts the minister as he goes through his own 'dark night of the soul?' Who acts as pastor to the pastor?"

This line from the preface shows the heart of the editors behind Reason for the Season. This work combines contributions from eleven men who were chosen to cover topics such as—cancer, life-threatening illnesses, natural disaster, chronic health issues, death of a loved one, God's providence—and the unique way that they affected those in ministry.

Pick up this book and be encouraged that though "faith does not protect us from bag things. It does...equip and empower us to deal with life's valleys with a special kind of courage and hope."

Table of contents

Reason for the Season

Reason for the Season

Bob Agee and Roger D. Duke

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Dedication

"I Asked the Lord that I Might Grow"

Part I: Ministers' Contributions

1: God's Enabling Grace in the Path of Suffering—Roger D. Duke

2: Cancer and Pastoral Care—L. Rush Bush

3: How to Deal with Life-Threatening Illness—Bob R. Agee

4: Exalting Jesus in the Life and Death of a Loved One—Curtis McClain

5: A Journey in Providence—David Miller

6: Listening to the Silence—Danny Blair

7: Serving God through the Storm—Fred Luter

8: God's Sufficiency and Abundant Grace—Michael Spradlin

9: Hope that Helps When Life Hurts—Paul Barkley

Part II: Physicians' Contributions

10: Facing the Realities of Suffering and Death—Scott Morris

11: A Country Doctor's Perspective on Grief and Suffering—Wayne Rhear

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Page count
111
Dimensions
9" x 6" x 0.5"
Publication year
2010
Published by
Founders Press
Bob Agee

Bob Agee

Bob R. Agee (b. 1938) is an American Baptist minister and academic administrator who served as the thirteenth president of Oklahoma Baptist University from 1982 to 1998 and as executive director of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities. He holds a BA from Union University, an MDiv and DMin from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a PhD from Vanderbilt University's George Peabody College. With Roger D. Duke he co-edited Reason for the Season.

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Roger D. Duke

Roger D. Duke is Assistant Professor of Religion and Communication at Baptist College of Health Sciences in Memphis, Tennessee.

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