Brokenness: How God Redeems Pain and Suffering [Paperback]

Lon Solomon (Author), Tim Lahaye (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2005

In 1992, Pastor Lon Solomon's career was on a speedy ascent. He was the senior pastor at McLean Bible Church, an influential and rapidly growing church in the suburbs of the nation's capital. In his weekly sermons he was funny, engaging, and self-effacing. He was successful, comfortable, respected by his peers and reaching Washington's elite decision makers. His life could not have been better. That's precisely when his world began to crumble. He didn't see it at the time, but today Pastor Solomon knows that God was sending the blessing of brokenness to him. It came in the form of a beautiful daughter who for years would suffer through thousands of seizures and become severely impaired, physically and mentally. He and his family were thrust into days of emotional darkness. Pastor Solomon began to question his faith and feared he would fail his congregation. In this touching and important book, he tells how God shattered him for the sole purpose of helping him reach his full potential as a servant of Christ. Today, his church is having a major impact on Washington, D.C., with more than 10,000 worshipers attending services each weekend. Read this book and you'll never be the same.

Editorial Reviews

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"This book will prove to be a valuable resource indeed, for anyone who has experienced pain and suffering." --Dr. Tim LaHaye, co-author Left Behind series, April 2005

"If you need encouragement and strength, Brokenness will help you through the difficult times from someone who has been there." --Dr. Jerry Falwell, Pastor Thomas Road Baptist Church, April 2005

"When Lon Solomon writes a book on Brokenness, I want to read it. He knows whereof he speaks." --David Brickner, Jews for Jesus, April 2005

About the Author

Lon Solomon is the senior pastor at McLean Bible Church in the Virginia suburbs of Washignton, D.C. He was appointed by President George W. bush to serve as a member of the President's Committee on People with Intellectual Disabilities.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Red Door Press (April 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976377004
• ISBN-13: 978-0976377009
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #624,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For My Mom, November 4, 2006

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This review is from: Brokenness: How God Redeems Pain and Suffering (Paperback)

My mother has been quadrapelegic for about 20 years. She has faith that someday God will heal her... even if she has to wait for that in Heaven. She heard something about this book and asked me to get it for her. It took a while, but finally found it on Amazon.com. She said when she starting reading it, she profoundly disagreed with much of it and proceeded to give it a rather disgusted throw across the room. Well, she said something kept pulling her back to it. She read it and only then started to understand what the author intended to say. Since then she has been encouraging everyone she knows to read it. Many of us are 'broken' if not physicially, then spiritually or emotionally. Its up to us to find our brokenness and begin to heal.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that combines the spiritual truth with the genuine openness of the author, June 20, 2006

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Gary Painter (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This is an amazing book. My duaghter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor this year, and I have been personally broken in ways that I never could imagine. This book has been the best I have read for understanding why God allows such difficult circumstances.

Pastor Solomon's story of his daughter demonstrates more than just a theological understanding of what brokenness is, and how brokeness is used by God.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life Changing Book, August 31, 2005

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Camilla L. Seabolt "Camilla L. Seabolt" (Colorado Springs, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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When I was a new Christ follower (over 35 years ago) a godly woman gave me Roy Hession's book "The Calvary Road." That book has impacted my life more than any other apart from the Bible. This April 2005 when I read "Brokenness" by Lon Solomon, I knew I was holding another powerful tool that would be used mightily by the Lord. In this book the writer pulls from the classic teachings of biblical scholars of old and brings those quotations into our contemporary lives as he weaves his story. The truths contained in this book instruct, encourage and challenge us as we go continuously through times of brokenness as individuals.
Camilla L. Seabolt, Executive Director, Community Bible Study.