Mark Roser has ministered around the world--Nepal, Pakistan,
China, Egypt, Mexico, Ireland, UK, and in the USA. He and his
family lived and served in Zimbabwe, Africa for 22 years. Mark has
led many to faith in Christ who are active in fulltime ministry. In
Zimbabwe, he pioneered Lighthouse Church, which grew to 1,000
members, and developed a Bible college from 53 students to 243 and
from a two-year curriculum to a four-year bachelor's degree
program. Mark's gift is teaching, and he provides developmental
relief to children in poor nations. His theological training is
diverse: Xavier University, Centerville Bible College, Cincinnati
Christian Seminary, University of Biblical Studies, Louisiana
Baptist Seminary, and a doctorate in from Logos Christian Graduate
School in Jacksonville. He has written five books and has been
married to Pat for 40 years. In addition to Ethan, who died, they
have four other adult children, all active in Christian
ministry.
"Evangelical theologian Mark C. Roser thought he had all the
answers about God. He'd founded churches and developed a Bible
college in Zimbabwe; he'd published books about the devil,
scripture, and theodicy. Then his 19-year-old son Ethan died in a
freak sports accident at Wheaton College. This book is a tender and
wise memoir about how Roser worked through his grief and became
attuned to new ways of finding God in suffering. Roser is both
utterly confident in his theology and honest about the difficulty
of making it mesh with every twist and turn in the grieving
process. Thus, even readers who disagree with his theology will
find in this book a model of faithful engagement with difficult
questions." -Christian Century
"Mark Roser's well-crafted book is beyond inspiring. It brought not
only flowing tears, but a delight in seeing how God answered his
deepest questions. Having lost our precious Kayla in an accident, I
am also able to rejoice that God chooses young radiant souls like
Ethan and my daughter to reach their generation for Christ. As
Jesus said, 'Truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to
the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies,
it produces many seeds' (John 12:24). Blindsided will help
you seize every opportunity-even the difficult ones-to spread
Christ's glorious gospel and reach 'a thousand Ethans.'" -Julia
Kay Duerler, author of She Had No Regrets
"A searing and honest look at the pain and grief Mark Roser and his
family experienced. Before the accident, Mark was known as a
minister who wrote and taught on God's sovereignty. One of the
toughest theological questions we will ever face is the question of
why there is evil and suffering. There is no sugar-coating a
father's grief as he asks, 'Why did God allow my son to die?' and
as he says, 'Preaching it is a whole lot easier than living it!'
Roser is a modern Job." -Dr. Gary Sweeten, Founder, Lifeway
Counseling Centers
"Roser's beautiful, poignant book made me laugh and cry and feel
deeply, not only for the Rosers in their loss, but in their coming
to terms with that most haunting of questions about suffering,
Why, God? It also helped me process my own experience of
loss, forgiveness, and making sense of tragedy in life."
-Suzanne E. Shaw, PsyD, MFT, Marriage and Family
Therapist
"Having lost a beloved seventeen-year old daughter in a tragic
accident, I found that Mark's amazing book described the place
where we lived as he put into words the questions and feelings of
every parent who loses a child. We have known Mark and Pat for more
than twenty-five years as Mark was our church's inaugural mission
guest speaker, and we have watched the Rosers live out their love
for God when life hurts." -Pastor Gary and Mary Trenum,
Founders of Victory Christian Church, Kettering, Ohio
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