Finding God in the Darkness

Finding God in the Darkness, by Brad Gray, is a book that offers a refined perspective on suffering. Gray is not content to cheapen the experience of suffering by ascribing earthly meaning or accepting hollow maxims. Instead, he challenges readers to consider the eternal significance of their suffering and shifts their focus towards the cross. Gray's willingness to embrace the mystery of suffering and his engaging writing style make this book a valuable resource for anyone who is struggling with pain or seeking to deepen their understanding of God's providence. Through practical insights and powerful illustrations, Gray encourages readers to trust in a God who understands their pain, is present with them in it, and glorifies Himself through it. Finding God in the Darkness is one of those unique books that challenges your thinking while offering genuine encouragement to those who are going through difficult times. This is an excellent volume I am eager to share! TJ Freeman, Pastor, Wellsboro Bible Church A wonderful reminder that God's grace is always sufficient in life's trials. Brad Gray has faithfully moored his thoughts on the truths of Scripture while weaving the stories of his experience to the reader. This book will be helpful to so many of God's people. Jim Blalock, Pastor, Beacon Baptist Church Brad is an excellent writer and a diligent student of the scriptures. Both disciplines are wonderfully utilized in this book as he pulls apart the dark, rugged, and painful parts of life revealing to us the mercy, grace, and cross of Jesus. Everyone suffers and everyone should read this book. Daniel Emery Price, author, Scandalous Stories: A Sort of Commentary on Parables In this balm of a book, my friend Bradley Gray does what preachers of the Gospel are called to do: he makes the word of the cross present to his readers in their actual lives, which is to say, their actual pain. I thank God for not only finding Brad in his own darkness -- and that of his family -- but for bringing forth such remarkable fruit. Unwaveringly potent, deeply consoling, and highly recommended. David Zahl, director of Mockingbird Ministries and author of Low Anthropology Seasons of darkness wait patiently for all of us, granting exception to none. By effortlessly blending theology, culture and intimate personal experience, Brad takes a literary machete to simple solutions and easy fixes for navigating through the darkness. In the place of such belittling nonsense, he gives us the most important solution: the person of Jesus Christ. Cole Deike, Lead Pastor, Frontier Church Speaking transparently and from personal experience, Brad addresses the subject of depression from a heart of genuine empathy. Along the journey, he opens the Scriptures to remind us how they apply to life's darker struggles in a manner which is both contextually consistent and which will draw the reader's gaze to Christ. I highly recommend this book for believers who are battling depression or know someone who is. Joshua Haney, Co-Pastor, Brush Arbor Baptist Church This book is as compelling as it is uplifting. With the heart of a pastor, Brad Gray has written a book about a beautiful God who has hidden himself in suffering. However, for all of its God-centeredness, this book is not sermonic. Instead, the strength of this work is its ability to weave together the sacred and the secular, and to encourage the reader with Scriptural truths wrapped in relatable stories from the valleys of everyday life. Obbie Tyler Todd, Pastor, Third Baptist Church of Marion, Illinois This is a beautiful book. Brad Gray has a story to tell that I hope will gain a wide reading not only because Finding God in the Darkness is well written and a blessing to read, but also because of how it points, with hope, to a big God and the certainty we can have in his care for his children through suffering--even when there is fog and mystery and, especially, pain. God's beauty and strength nourishes the reader, here, on every page. Jason G. Duesing, Provost, Midwestern Seminary and author of Mere Hope: Life in an Age of Cynicism.