Torn to Heal

“The most concise, readable, and helpful theology of suffering” (David Murray) God is radically dedicated to our redemption. This is both glorious and terrifying. It is terrifying because we are idolaters. This means that when God brings redemption he also brings a death sentence to our fallen desires. In love, God will do whatever it takes-even ripping us to shreds if necessary-to replace our feeble pleasures with lasting desire for himself. Sadly, in our culture two fatal responses to sufferin