Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    When Tragedy Strikes
    When Tragedy Strikes
    When Tragedy Strikes
    Ebook68 pages1 hour

    When Tragedy Strikes

    By Charles F. Stanley

    4/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    "In this world you will have trouble…" We will have trouble. God has already promised us this in His Word. Tragedy is an inevitable part of life. And that means that we will also experience grief, anger, and overwhelming questions: "What do we do now? How do we respond to this tragedy? Where is God when this happens?"

    Dr. Charles Stanley has heard those questions-has even asked them himself-as he and those in his congregation have faced individual moments of tragedy. Tragedy, whether on a national scale or as part of a private life, has the same devastating effect. "But in the Bible there are answers," Dr. Stanley says. "God's Word shows us how to live when tragedy strikes." And we can be assured by the conclusion of John 16:33 to "take heart!" He has indeed overcome the world! 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateJan 13, 2004
    ISBN9781418530198
    When Tragedy Strikes
    Author

    Charles F. Stanley

    Dr. Charles F. Stanley was the founder of In Touch Ministries and pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church Atlanta, Georgia, where he served more than fifty years. He was also a New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy books. Until his death in 2023, Dr. Stanley’s mission was to get the gospel to “as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, as clearly as possible, as irresistibly as possible, through the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God.” This is a calling that In Touch Ministries continues to pursue by transmitting his teachings as widely and effectively as possible. Dr. Stanley’s messages can be heard daily on In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley broadcasts on television, radio, and satellite networks and stations around the world; on the internet at intouch.org and through In Touch+; and via the In Touch Messenger Lab. Excerpts from Dr. Stanley’s inspiring messages are also published in the award-winning In Touch devotional magazine.

    Read more from Charles F. Stanley

    Related to When Tragedy Strikes

    Related ebooks

    Relationships For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      A Prayer for February

      Jan 15, 2022

      A Prayer for February
      1 min read

    • Article

      Monday, January 2

      Dec 16, 2022

      “WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU could do better?” a friend asked me recently. Without missing a beat, I quickly replied, “Sing.” I’ve long admired those who have voices that can croon any type of music—Christian, opera, R&B, pop, jazz, or country. I love to si

      1 min read

    • Article

      Be Anxious for Nothing…

      Oct 22, 2021

      Be Anxious for Nothing…
      1 min read

    • Article

      Are Critics of Campus PC Just Grumpy Old Men?

      Aug 31, 2015

      Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, authors of the current Atlantic cover story “The Coddling of the American Mind,” were

      4 min read

    • Article

      Surviving This Pandemic Isn’t Enough

      May 10, 2020

      We need to remake the world we left behind. And we need to start with how we care for one another.

      11 min read

    • Article

      Not Enough Coddling

      Nov 13, 2023

      Not Enough Coddling
      8 min read

    • Article

      A Year Later On The Long Coronavirus Road To Change

      Mar 17, 2021

      On Saturday evening, my wife and I commemorated the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic by inviting two friends to join us for a masked and distanced cocktail on the lawn. We are partly vaccinated, and with new cases on the decline in Los Ange

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Age Of Permanent Anxiety

      Oct 18, 2021

      Dr Sarb Johal faces the screen, his warm brown eyes framed by stylish silver glasses. In the background is his spare room-slash-home office, the kind familiar to anyone now well-versed in video calls. He’s explaining to me that these days a lot of us

      20 min read

    • Article

      New Year’s Reflections: How Catastrophes Invite Us To Change And Grow

      Dec 31, 2021

      When I have the stamina to stay up late on New Year’s Eve, I like to watch the Times Square ball drop in New York. I’ve never been on-site for that festive event but watching and listening to the sounds that celebrate the changing of the calendar fro

      3 min read

    • Article

      Creative Empathy In A Pandemic

      Mar 19, 2020

      One thing about a pandemic: It's inclusive. We cannot survive it, move beyond it, by protecting merely some people. We have to protect everyone. Of all the disruption, paradox and chaos that have been unleashed by the coronavirus, this is the most st

      4 min read

    • Article

      America Endures

      Jul 8, 2022

      America Endures
      6 min read

    • Article

      Robert C. Koehler: Hardening Ourselves Into Weapons

      Oct 5, 2023

      Something happened on Tuesday, as I began researching this column — I wound up having to give myself a COVID test. A good friend had just tested positive and, well, we had recently gotten together. I needed to see if I was OK. I note this not because

      3 min read

    • Article

      Robert C. Koehler: Hardening Ourselves Into Weapons

      Oct 5, 2023

      Something happened on Tuesday, as I began researching this column — I wound up having to give myself a COVID test. A good friend had just tested positive and, well, we had recently gotten together. I needed to see if I was OK. I note this not because

      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for When Tragedy Strikes

    4/5

    1 rating0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      When Tragedy Strikes - Charles F. Stanley

      WHEN

      TRAGEDY

      STRIKES

      CHARLES STANLEY

      01

      Copyright © 2003 by Charles F. Stanley

      Repackaged and Revised.

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

      Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from THE NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE ®, Copyright © The Lockman Foundation™ 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

      Scripture quotations noted NIV are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishing House. All rights reserved.

      The NIV and New International Version trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by International Bible Society. Use of either trademark requires the permission of International Bible Society

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Stanley, Charles F.

            When tragedy strikes / Charles Stanley.— [Rev. ed.].

              p. cm.

            ISBN 0-7852-6121-4 (hardcover)

            1. Suffering—Religious aspects—Christianity. 2. Consolation. I. Title.

            BV4905.3.S73 2003

            248.8'6—dc21

      2003017495

      Printed in the United States of America

      07 08 09 10 11 WOR 8 7 6 5 4 3

      Contents

      Foreword

      1. When Tragedy Strikes

      2. Compassion and Concern

      3. Becoming a Comforter

      4. We Need Each Other

      5. Living Fearlessly

      6. God Is in Control

      7. Forgiveness: A Way Out

      8. Discovering the Good: Divine Boundary

      Conclusion

      About the Author

      Psalm 27:1–3

      The LORD is my light and my salvation;

      Whom shall I fear?

      The LORD is the defense of my life;

      Whom shall I dread?

      When evildoers came upon me to devour

      my flesh,

      My adversaries and my enemies,

      they stumbled and fell.

      Though a host encamp against me,

      My heart will not fear;

      Though war arise against me,

      In spite of this I shall be confident.

      Foreword

      I am writing this book some time after our nation experienced the devastation of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Since then, I have had opportunity to consider, prayerfully, the impact of those events on our nation, and I have come to realize that to the citizens of America, the toll of this national calamity is essentially a representation of what happens day by day in the lives of millions of individuals across the globe who face tragic events that consume their lives, their time, and their energies.

      The truth is, however, that when disaster strikes a person, it is almost impossible for that experience to be merely an individual matter. Usually loved ones at home, parents, siblings, extended families, and friends and neighbors are affected and involved.

      Bearing this in mind, I want us to consider together some of the issues that inevitably manifest themselves when tragedy strikes us. With God’s help, we will see that without living in fear, we can, to some degree, be prepared so that when tragedy suddenly comes our way, we may have some understanding as to what we should do and how we should respond to the crisis. Our source for guidance in this matter will be God’s Word. It has much to say about dark and difficult days and how we should respond to them.

      As we

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1