Brian H. Cosby is pastor of Wayside Presbyterian Church (PCA) on Signal Mountain, Tennessee and adjunct professor of church history at Metro Atlanta Seminary. He is the author of several books and regularly contributes to various journals and magazines.
"It is my great joy and privilege to be able to commend this book
and its author to a wider public. I have known Brian for many years
as a student and as a pastor, and it is largely thanks to him that
I have come to know John Flavel too. My prayer is that this
introduction to his work will be used to bring many to a similar
knowledge and understanding of one of the great men of our church
and that those called to pastor today will learn from his example
and be encouraged by one who suffered the loss of all things so
that Christ might reign in splendor in the hearts and minds of the
people committed to his care. If you are a child of God, may He do
a work in you as great as the one He did in John Flavel, and may
you go on your way rejoicing, knowing that in reading these pages,
you have been with Jesus." -- Gerald Bray, Research Professor of
Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University (from the
foreword)
"Let's be clear--suffering is not something we want for ourselves
or for those we love. Yet it is a reality of living in a
compromised creation. But what does this mean for our view of God
and our relationship with Him? In this brief book, Brian Cosby
attempts to review the theological logic that informs John Flavel's
view of God's providence amid these difficulties. Some of what
Flavel argues may be hard for us to swallow, but here is someone
creatively trying to uphold both God's sovereignty and love amid
the painful realities that arise in our lives. This book, filled
with provocative quotes from Flavel and ably arranged and
explicated by Cosby, helps us understand Flavel's pastoral advice
for how Christians might view these seasons of suffering." -- Kelly
M. Kapic, Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Covenant
College and Coeditor of The Devoted Life: An Invitation to Puritan
Classics
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