Polishing God’s Monuments is the true story of a young woman and her devoted husband who face it all (and then some) as a baffling, mind-boggling illness hijacks their youth and shatters their dreams. Polishing God’s Monuments blends straightforward theology with the account of this young couple’s afflictions. A sober reality in the life of faith is that ‘through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.’ God’s people are buffeted in two ways: sometimes we suffer for the faith and other times we suffer with faith. Either way, our faith remains a work in progress. In the midst of troubles, our emotions can vacillate between hope and despair, submission and rebellion. Our understanding can alternate between moments of comprehension and times of total confusion. This book confronts these issues head-on and offers believers biblical perspective, practical direction, and sustaining hope.
'This book doesn’t tiptoe around the topic of suffering, but hits head-on the hardest questions we have about the goodness of God and the problem of suffering. Juli’s story will shake you as well as inspire you!' — Joni Eareckson Tada, International Disability Center
'Jim Andrews carefully avoids pious platitudes to fellow sufferers, offering instead the kind of pastoral wisdom that restores even the most weary and despondent.' — John Benson, Chairman of Investment Trust Company
Jim Andrews has led Lake Bible Church (Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA) for seventeen years and hosts a daily radio programme, The Final Word. Previously he taught for a total of twenty-one years at Western Bible College (Denver) and later at Western Seminary (Portland). He graduated from West Virginia Tech (B.A. in Journalism), the University of Colorado (M.A. Classics) and Dallas Theological Seminary (TH.M New Testament) Jim and his wife, Olsie, have been married forty-nine years and have two married daughters.
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