Finding God in the Darkness

Finding God in the Darkness
By Irene Howat
Christian Focus. 190 pages. £4.99
ISBN 185792121 6

This book brings together personal accounts from 12 Christian believers who have experienced crises in their lives where their faith has been tested to the limit. They give honest accounts of their struggles, confusion and pain, but also affirm God's faithfulness in such dark times.
The experiences recounted include disabling illness, marital betrayal, a child murdered, a spouse imprisoned, difficult working situations and loneliness. One of the contributors has since died; others have experienced healing or restoration to some degree. All share their conviction that God has been at work in their lives through the difficult times.
There are many books in which Christians tell of difficult experiences. What is distinctive about this one? All the contributors come from within the 'reformed' tradition - most are Scottish - and although they convey a deep sense of intimacy with God, discovered through times of suffering and pain, this is not associated with any superspiritual experiences. One after another, they share how God spoke to them through their regular reading of his Word, as particular verses of Scripture took on a new reality for them. A lesson to us all perhaps, that it is the habits of listening to God established in our everyday routines that enable us to hear his voice clearly when we are in greatest need.

Miriam Sampson

© Evangelicals Now - February 1999
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Main Articles

• The collapse of liberalism and the growth of fundamentalism
  An international perspective on the role of religion in public affairs
• Lex is Rex - but not quite how the Reformers meant it
  Is it a disaster to have an adversarial legal system in a society that no longer believes in truth?
• Ghana - sunshine and smiles
  A report on a visit by Geoff King and Clive Bullock to Ghana
• What it's like to be a bishop
  The priorities and opportunities that Wallace Benn has found as a Bishop
• Presenting Christ in Muslim terms
  The common ground between Christians and Muslims that can be used to build bridges
• The only solution
  The message that made the world's greatest philosophies appear to be just prattling and babbling
• A life worthy of the calling
  Julie Skelton tells the story of her missionary grandmother

Other articles

• My Heart in His Hands: Ann Judson of Burma
• Atonement and The Cross
• The Spiritual Life
• Reel Issues - Engaging film and faith
• A Question of Integrity
• Discover - Bible Notes for Young People
• Prince of Egypt
• Dictionary of Biblical Imagery
• A Grain of Mustard Seed - Lionel Gurney's Challenge to Take the Gospel to Islam
• Is the Church of England Biblical?
• The Church and the Last Things - Great Doctrine Series
• All Loves Excelling
• All God's Children - Stories of Children at Risk in a World of Need
• Falling Short? The Alpha Course Examined
• Baroness Cox - A voice for the voiceless
• Happy Days
• Grappling with God on the M25 - A Theology for Everyday Life
• The Finder - Index to Reformed Publications
• Finding God in the Darkness
• Twelve Vital Questions