Big God: How to approach SUFFERING, spread the GOSPEL, make DECISIONS and PRAY in the light of a God who really is in the DRIVING SEAT of the world

by Orlando Saer

Overview

Why then do bad things happen? Where does that leave 'free will'? Does God choose us or do we choose God? What's the point of praying if God already knows what he's going to do? Orlando Saer tackles these questions - and more - in a straightforward and engaging way. If you sometimes struggle to understand the way God works in the world, or to explain it to others, you will find light here. You'll also be left with a new appreciation of just how big the God of the Bible really is.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781912942
Publisher:	Christian Focus Publications
Publication date:	09/20/2015
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 5.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Orlando Saer is the Senior Pastor of Christ Church Southampton where he is involved in training and discipling university students. He has previously served churches in Sydney, London and Surrey. He is the author of Iron Sharpens Iron and Big God. He is married to Libby and they have four children.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 The Curious Case of the Shrinking God 13

2 Unshrinking the God of our Hearts 31

3 Unshrinking God in Suffering 57

4 Unshrinking God in Evangelism 79

5 Unshrinking God in Decision-making 99

6 Unshrinking God In Prayer 119

Conclusion: You, Me and a Big God 139

What People are Saying About This

Paul Dale - Senior Pastor

Theologically rigorous, Biblically compelling, immensely pastoral and hugely practical... challenging, comforting, compelling and liberating. Such an important topic and such a good book!

Graham Beynon - Pastor

Read and discover how big God really is.

Phil Campbell ~ Senior Minister

This book is fresh, theologically acute and full of pastoral insight: I highly recommend it.

Mark Dever - Senior Pastor

If God has seemed absent, He might start appearing for you in surprising places if you take on board Saer's words here. Accurate, biblical, clear, short, serious and practical... thinking meets life.

Phil Campbell - Senior Minister

This book is fresh, theologically acute and full of pastoral insight: I highly recommend it.

Paul Dale ~ Senior Pastor

Theologically rigorous, Biblically compelling, immensely pastoral and hugely practical... challenging, comforting, compelling and liberating. Such an important topic and such a good book!

R. Kent Hughes ~ Senior Pastor Emeritus

Cosmic practicality... he peels off the cultural shrink-wrap from this massive doctrine and thus gives wings to Christian living - and mission. Here is medicine for the soul!

R. Kent Hughes - Senior Pastor Emeritus

Cosmic practicality... he peels off the cultural shrink-wrap from this massive doctrine and thus gives wings to Christian living - and mission. Here is medicine for the soul!

Mark Dever ~ Senior Pastor

If God has seemed absent, He might start appearing for you in surprising places if you take on board Saer's words here. Accurate, biblical, clear, short, serious and practical... thinking meets life.

From the Publisher

Fresh and engaging. ~ Paul Rees (Lead Pastor, Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh, Scotland)

Graham Beynon ~ Pastor

Read and discover how big God really is.

Editorial Reviews

Fresh and engaging.

(Lead Pastor

Read and discover how big God really is.

Graham Beynon(Pastor

Theologically rigorous, Biblically compelling, immensely pastoral and hugely practical... challenging, comforting, compelling and liberating. Such an important topic and such a good book!

Paul Dale(Senior Pastor

Cosmic practicality... he peels off the cultural shrink-wrap from this massive doctrine and thus gives wings to Christian living - and mission. Here is medicine for the soul!

R. Kent Hughes(Visiting Professor of Pastoral Theology

This is a very digestible read that covers quite meaty (and often head-scratching) questions. Misconceptions about the God of the bible - with one or two passages shoehorned to fit - are blown out of the water left right and centre, and God is see to be very big indeed. Although the 150 pages don't have all the answers (I came away with several new ones) the God of the bible is presented as utterly consistent with himself in the face of faiths big questions. Questions that interest the academy and the punter on the street. Particularly suffering and sovereignty, foreknowledge and control. It's the God of the whole bible we are presented with, rather than (what so often happens) the god of one isolated passage, which doesn't fit with the god of another isolated passage in the bible. Saer has done really well to cover such big topics in such short chapters and he is often very amusing in the process - especially if you come from a scientific background!

For an broad sweep of issues with great depth we get a flavour of the profound reality that is God.

Rutherford House

This book is fresh, theologically acute and full of pastoral insight: I highly recommend it.

Phil Campbell(Senior Minister

Cosmic practicality... he peels off the cultural shrink-wrap from this massive doctrine and thus gives wings to Christian living - and mission. Here is medicine for the soul!

R. Kent Hughes

Read and discover how big God really is.

Graham Beynon

This book is fresh, theologically acute and full of pastoral insight: I highly recommend it.

Phil Campbell

Theologically rigorous, Biblically compelling, immensely pastoral and hugely practical... challenging, comforting, compelling and liberating. Such an important topic and such a good book!

Paul Dale

If God has seemed absent, He might start appearing for you in surprising places if you take on board Saer's words here. Accurate, biblical, clear, short, serious and practical... thinking meets life.

Mark Dever

Fresh and engaging.

Paul Rees

Cosmic practicality... he peels off the cultural shrink-wrap from this massive doctrine and thus gives wings to Christian living - and mission. Here is medicine for the soul!

R. Kent Hughes - Senior Pastor Emeritus

This book is fresh, theologically acute and full of pastoral insight: I highly recommend it.

Phil Campbell - Senior Minister

Fresh and engaging.

Paul Rees - Lead Pastor

Theologically rigorous, Biblically compelling, immensely pastoral and hugely practical... challenging, comforting, compelling and liberating. Such an important topic and such a good book!

Paul Dale - Senior Pastor

If God has seemed absent, He might start appearing for you in surprising places if you take on board Saer's words here. Accurate, biblical, clear, short, serious and practical... thinking meets life.

Mark Dever - Senior Pastor

Read and discover how big God really is.

Graham Beynon - Pastor

Fresh and engaging.

Paul Rees ~ Lead Pastor

Cosmic practicality... he peels off the cultural shrink-wrap from this massive doctrine and thus gives wings to Christian living - and mission. Here is medicine for the soul!

R. Kent Hughes ~ Senior Pastor Emeritus

Theologically rigorous, Biblically compelling, immensely pastoral and hugely practical... challenging, comforting, compelling and liberating. Such an important topic and such a good book!

Paul Dale ~ Senior Pastor

This book is fresh, theologically acute and full of pastoral insight: I highly recommend it.

Phil Campbell ~ Senior Minister

Read and discover how big God really is.

Graham Beynon ~ Pastor

If God has seemed absent, He might start appearing for you in surprising places if you take on board Saer's words here. Accurate, biblical, clear, short, serious and practical... thinking meets life.

Mark Dever ~ Senior Pastor

This is a very digestible read that covers quite meaty (and often head-scratching) questions. Misconceptions about the God of the bible - with one or two passages shoehorned to fit - are blown out of the water left right and centre, and God is see to be very big indeed. Although the 150 pages don't have all the answers (I came away with several new ones) the God of the bible is presented as utterly consistent with himself in the face of faiths big questions. Questions that interest the academy and the punter on the street. Particularly suffering and sovereignty, foreknowledge and control. It's the God of the whole bible we are presented with, rather than (what so often happens) the god of one isolated passage, which doesn't fit with the god of another isolated passage in the bible. Saer has done really well to cover such big topics in such short chapters and he is often very amusing in the process - especially if you come from a scientific background!For an broad sweep of issues with great depth we get a flavour of the profound reality that is God. ~ Rutherford House

From the Publisher