Our Ultimate Refuge: Job and the Problem of Suffering [Paperback]

Oswald Chambers (Author)

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Publication Date: June 1, 2006

In this updated language edition you'll find that God is not only your ultimate refuge, says the author; He is your only refuge. Formerly titled Baffled to Fight Better, this book by Oswald Chambers helps you tackle the age-old question, ""Why do the righteous suffer?"" and takes a biblical look at the problem of pain in the book of Job. You'll find honesty, wisdom, and encouragement from one of Christianity's most trusted writers. By the author of My Utmost for His Highest.

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About the Author

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was born July 24, 1874, in Aberdeen, Scotland. He came into a personal relationship with Jesus as his Savior in his teen years under the ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, and studied art and archeology at the University of Edinburgh before answering a call from God to the Christian ministry. He then studied theology at Dunoon College. From 1906-1910 he conducted an itinerant Bible-teaching ministry in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. In 1910, Chambers married Gertrude Hobbs. They had one daughter, Kathleen. In 1911 he founded and became principal of the Bible Training College in Clapham, London, where he lectured until the school was closed in 1915 because of World War I. In October 1915 he sailed for Zeitoun, Egypt (near Cairo), where he ministered to troops from Australia and New Zealand as a YMCA chaplain. He died there November 15, 1917, following surgery for a ruptured appendix. Although Oswald Chambers wrote only one book, Baffled to Fight Better (since updated and titled Our Ultimate Refuge), more than thirty titles bear his name. Mrs. Chambers, a court stenographer, compiled the rest of her husband's published works from her verbatim shorthand notes. For half a century following her husband's death she labored to give his words to the world. My Utmost For His Highest, his best-known work, has been continuously in print in the United States since 1935 and remains in the top ten titles of the religious book bestseller list with millions of copies in print. It has become a Christian classic. The Oswald Chambers material is published and licensed exclusively by Discovery House Publishers through arrangement with the Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Discovery House Publishers (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572931981
• ISBN-13: 978-1572931985
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Death & Grief > General

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Oswald Chambers was converted in his teen years by the ministry of Charles Spurgeon. Chambers studied art and archaeology before answering the call to Christian ministry. Author of the bestseller My Utmost for His Highest, Chambers has more than thirty other titles to his credit, all but one compiled by his wife, Gertrude.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you have ever experianced pain, March 17, 2009

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This review is from: Our Ultimate Refuge: Job and the Problem of Suffering (Paperback)

If you have ever been to the pit, the depth of your soul in pain this book is for you. Chambers uses Job in a way that identifies with all of us that question; why me?