The promise: God's purpose and plan for when life hurts

Introduction

Part 1. God on Trial

1. Do You Even Care, God?

2. Reasonable Faith?

3. Someone Like God

4. In God We Trust?

5. Revealed in Suffering

6. In Court

Part 2. Emotional and Spiritual Healing

7. How Do You Hurt?

8. Heart Damage

9. The Father of Lies

10. Sourcing the Suffering

Part 3. Principles for Freedom-Living

11. Making a Fundamental Option for Holiness

12. Living My Personal Vocation

13. Uniting My Suffering to His, for Others

14. Being the Hands and Feet of Christ

15. Sketching a Plan for the Spiritual Life

Appendix 1. Court of Appeals

Appendix 2. Earthquakes and Tsunamis: Is God Responsible?

Appendix 3. Moral Evil, the Wicked Kind: And the Painful, Logical Consequences of Misused Freedom