Gift of Pain Why We Hurt and What We Can Do about It

Name: Gift of Pain Why We Hurt and What We Can Do about It
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ISBN: 9780310221449

ISBN-10: 0310221447

ISBN-13: 9780310221449

Edition: 1997

Authors: Paul W. Brand, Philip Yancey, Yancey

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A WORLD WITHOUT PAIN? Can such a place exist? It not only can-it does. But it's no utopia. It's a colony for leprosy patients: a world where people literally feel no pain, and reap horrifying consequences. His work with leprosy patients in India and the United States convinced Dr. Paul Brand that pain truly is one of God's great gifts to us. In this inspiring story of his fifty-year career as a healer, Dr. Brand probes the mystery of pain and reveals its importance. As an indicator that lets us know something is wrong, pain has a value that becomes clearest in its absence. The Gift of Pain looks at what pain is and why we need it. Together, the renowned surgeon and award-winning writer…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Zondervan
Publication date: 10/2/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.30" wide x 7.95" long x 1.55" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Philip Yancey is a journalist and writer who writes a featured column in Christianity Today. The author of more than a dozen books. He is the recipient of a Christianity Today Book of the Year Award, two ECPA Book of the Year Awards, and eleven Gold Medallions. He lives in Evergreen, Colorado.