Stand: A Call for the Endurance of the Saints
This book gives the reader a candid look at the lives of 4 Pastors and one author in missionary outreach, as they share how in their lives and ministries they have endured trials, persevered through suffering and challenges, and how their faith enduring faith and commitment to God, Prayer, and love for God’s word --sustained them in some of the more trying and difficult times in their lives. Because each Pastor’s experience of endurance in life’s suffering and difficulties is different, it makes this book interesting reading.
Contributing Authors in this book are: John MacArthur, John Piper, Jerry Bridges, Randy Alcorn, Helen Rosereare and Justin Taylor. There are some very beautiful and poignant moments in this book that bring the real impact of suffering and it’s distress to the surface and shows how these Pastors handled these events in their lives. This book will make you grow in your faith and brings renewed strength in your resolve to serve Jesus.
Outside of the mention of a few books (some of the authors) used as references in their chapters that we would not recommend for discernment reasons, the book was written well. This book effectively does what it sets out to do and that is, to encourage the believer to Stand Firm in the midst of trials, and endure and persevere through to the end till we meet our Lord Jesus Christ.
Copyright © 2008 by Desiring God
Published by: Crossway Books
ISBN - 13:978-1-4335-0114-2
This book can be purchased from Christianbook.com
Reading / Review Date: 2008