Angry with God

Counselor Brad Hambrick provides a guided process to being honest with God about your pain to restore and deepen your relationship with him.

No one gets mad at God for something small. When we’re angry with God, it is because we’ve faced something immensely hard. Anger is an often-overlooked part of grieving, and as such, is an appropriate response to profoundly painful events. While we are often prone to interpret our anger about intense suffering as being at God, this book is an invitation to process these intense emotions with God as a source of comfort, who is sturdy enough to support these turbulent emotions.

Angry with God patiently walks you through the process of being honest with God (and others) about your pain. You will learn how to articulate your pain, alleviate the effects of this pain, contextualize your experience in light of the gospel, and begin to hope again.

Practical, accessible, and concise guidance for your struggle with deep grief that is accompanied with anger and confusion. Part of the Ask the Christian Counselor series, walking readers through their deepest and most profound questions. Gives readers the tools to understand their struggle with anger and grief and how the gospel brings hope and healing. Compact format goes deeper than New Growth Press’s popular minibooks without overwhelming the reader.

1. Opening Credits
2. Starting Your Journey: Grief Stuck in the Anger Phase
3. Section 1: It's Safe to Talk About Your Anger
4. Chapter 1: Your Pain IS Not a Riddle
5. Chapter 2: Pacing and Preparing Yourself
6. Chapter 3: A Time Line and Topography of Your Pain
7. Chapter 4: A Parable of Hurt Versus Heresy
8. Chapter 5: Finding a Friend
9. Section 2: Acticulating Your Pain
10. Chapter 6: A Psalm of Hot Lament
11. Chapter 7: What Was Good?
12. Chapter 8 What Happened?
13. Chapter 9: Angry with God Because of God's People?
14. Chapter 10: What Made the Pain Worse?
15. Section 3: Alleviating the Effects of Pain
16. Chapter 11: The Effects on Our Emotions
17. Chapter 12: The Effects on Our Thoughts
18. Chapter 13: The Effects on Our Relationships
19. Chapter 14: The Effects on Our Choices
20. Chapter 15: The Effects on Our View of God
21. Section 4: Resolving Your Grief
22. Chapter 16: Valuing a Less Innocent Faith
23. Chapter 17: Living in the Tension of Partial Understanding
24. Chapter 18: Engaging "Next"
25. Chapter 19: But I'm Right!?!
26. Chapter 20: Trusting Hope Again
27. Section 5: Contextualizing Your Journey in the Gospel
28. Chapter 21: Creation: Why We Expect Good Things
29. Chapter 22: Fall Why Good Expectations Hurt
30. Chapter 23: Redemption: An Answer. . .Sort Of
31. Chapter 24: Sanctification: A Messy Journey in a Broken World
32. Chapter 25: Glorification: Finally, a Place of Rest
33. Closing Credits