Recent surveys show half of Americans believe God chooses not to intervene in suffering because it’s “part of a larger plan,” but that doesn’t always make sense of the pain — much less ease it.
Few books address pain and suffering as poignantly as the book of Job. But understanding those Old Testament passages, which combine narrative framing and Hebrew poetry, can be difficult.
Evangelist and author Autumn Miles joined CBN’s “Faith in Culture” Podcast, where she discussed her new book, “Holy Ghosted: What Job’s Pain Teaches Us About Surviving Spiritual Silence,” and offered practical ways to understand Job’s story.
To order Autumn Miles’ new book, Holy Ghosted, visit Amazon.com.
Below are a few powerful quotes from our conversation with Autumn.
On why the church needs to address suffering:
The world has kind of coined this narrative on God. God is mean because why would a good God, why would a kind God, a nice God, a loving God allow bad things to happen to innocent good people? And the world uses that as a justification to leave God. And it works.
On why God’s silence is intentional:
I believe that God wanted to gift Job with himself. A greater version of himself that Job had not experienced yet.
On Job being famous in heaven:
Job was famous in heaven. … God knew his name. Satan knew his name. And everyone that was in that throne room knew exactly who God was talking about when [the Lord] said, “Have you considered my servant, Job?”
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