"Everything happens for a reason."
It is the most common thing we say to people in pain — and the Bible contains an entire book written to take it apart.
That book is Job. For forty-two chapters it stares at the suffering of a good man and refuses to explain it. His friends arrive with all the right answers: that suffering is deserved, that God has a plan, that he must have done something wrong. And at the end God himself turns to them and says they have spoken of him falsely. The Bible's own verdict on the comfortable theology of suffering is that it is a lie.
In For No Reason, Arthur A. Tiger reads Job not as a puzzle to be solved but as a defense of everyone that comforting faith has wounded. He follows the book into its hardest places: a wager struck over a man's life, the language of despair that Scripture refuses to censor, the long silence of God, and a voice from the whirlwind that answers a grieving man not with an explanation but with a wild and ancient universe that was never built around us.
What emerges is a faith honest enough for the dark — one with room for protest, for unanswered questions, for grief and rage, and for a God who will not explain himself and will not leave.
If you were ever handed a reason for your pain and walked away more alone, this is the book that takes your side.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. "Everything happens for a reason."It is the most common thing we say to people in pain - and the Bible contains an entire book written to take it apart.That book is Job. For forty-two chapters it stares at the suffering of a good man and refuses to explain it. His friends arrive with all the right answers: that suffering is deserved, that God has a plan, that he must have done something wrong. And at the end God himself turns to them and says they have spoken of him falsely. The Bible's own verdict on the comfortable theology of suffering is that it is a lie.In For No Reason, Arthur A. Tiger reads Job not as a puzzle to be solved but as a defense of everyone that comforting faith has wounded. He follows the book into its hardest places: a wager struck over a man's life, the language of despair that Scripture refuses to censor, the long silence of God, and a voice from the whirlwind that answers a grieving man not with an explanation but with a wild and ancient universe that was never built around us.What emerges is a faith honest enough for the dark - one with room for protest, for unanswered questions, for grief and rage, and for a God who will not explain himself and will not leave.If you were ever handed a reason for your pain and walked away more alone, this is the book that takes your side. Everything happens for a reason. At a graveside, it lands like cruelty. The Bible argues back-forty-two chapters on the side of a man who suffered for nothing, and of everyone told their grief was a failure of faith. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9786169521990
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. "Everything happens for a reason."It is the most common thing we say to people in pain - and the Bible contains an entire book written to take it apart.That book is Job. For forty-two chapters it stares at the suffering of a good man and refuses to explain it. His friends arrive with all the right answers: that suffering is deserved, that God has a plan, that he must have done something wrong. And at the end God himself turns to them and says they have spoken of him falsely. The Bible's own verdict on the comfortable theology of suffering is that it is a lie.In For No Reason, Arthur A. Tiger reads Job not as a puzzle to be solved but as a defense of everyone that comforting faith has wounded. He follows the book into its hardest places: a wager struck over a man's life, the language of despair that Scripture refuses to censor, the long silence of God, and a voice from the whirlwind that answers a grieving man not with an explanation but with a wild and ancient universe that was never built around us.What emerges is a faith honest enough for the dark - one with room for protest, for unanswered questions, for grief and rage, and for a God who will not explain himself and will not leave.If you were ever handed a reason for your pain and walked away more alone, this is the book that takes your side. Everything happens for a reason. At a graveside, it lands like cruelty. The Bible argues back-forty-two chapters on the side of a man who suffered for nothing, and of everyone told their grief was a failure of faith. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9786169521990
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. "Everything happens for a reason."It is the most common thing we say to people in pain - and the Bible contains an entire book written to take it apart.That book is Job. For forty-two chapters it stares at the suffering of a good man and refuses to explain it. His friends arrive with all the right answers: that suffering is deserved, that God has a plan, that he must have done something wrong. And at the end God himself turns to them and says they have spoken of him falsely. The Bible's own verdict on the comfortable theology of suffering is that it is a lie.In For No Reason, Arthur A. Tiger reads Job not as a puzzle to be solved but as a defense of everyone that comforting faith has wounded. He follows the book into its hardest places: a wager struck over a man's life, the language of despair that Scripture refuses to censor, the long silence of God, and a voice from the whirlwind that answers a grieving man not with an explanation but with a wild and ancient universe that was never built around us.What emerges is a faith honest enough for the dark - one with room for protest, for unanswered questions, for grief and rage, and for a God who will not explain himself and will not leave.If you were ever handed a reason for your pain and walked away more alone, this is the book that takes your side. Everything happens for a reason. At a graveside, it lands like cruelty. The Bible argues back-forty-two chapters on the side of a man who suffered for nothing, and of everyone told their grief was a failure of faith. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9786169521990
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. For No Reason | The Radical Theology of Job | Arthur A. Tiger | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | His Story for Us | EAN 9786169521990 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 135844848
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