Unmapped Darkness: Finding God's Path Through Suffering

Based on the Theology of Suffering course Dr. Finch teaches at Moody Bible Institute, this examination of the reality of evil and suffering in the world provides a framework to understand it, along with a pathway to cope with it. The author examines the reality of and causes of suffering, then points readers to the light of the Trinity, the Cross, God's point of view, and finally, to how a person experiences suffering. Suffering points to the mystery of life itself. It does something to a person, it reduces their tolerance of superficiality, writes Finch.

Based on the Theology of Suffering course Finch teaches at Moody Bible Institute, this examination of the reality of evil and suffering in the world gives a framework to understand along with a pathway to cope with it. The author examines the reality of and causes of suffering, then points readers to the light of the Trinity, the Cross, God’s point of view, and finally, to how a  person experiences suffering. “Suffering points to the mystery of life itself. It does something to a person, it reduces their tolerance of superficiality,” writes Finch. Not a personal memoir so much as a treatise on theological truth.

THOMAS FINCH, a former pastor, is a professor of theology at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Tom lost his wife to brain cancer over two years ago. He is a contributor to the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament and a member of the Evangelical Theological Society.