{"product_id":"9780929239149","title":"Waiting for the Second Coming: Studies in Thessalonians","description":"\u003cp\u003eDo you find it difficult to maintain faith in a God of love,\u003cbr\u003e power, and justice in a world of corruption? In a world\u003cbr\u003e where paganism appears to be on the rise, where disease and famine\u003cbr\u003e threaten to decimate entire populations, where children murder\u003cbr\u003e parents and parents murder children, and where the elderly live in\u003cbr\u003e fear behind locked doors? If so, you can identify with the church\u003cbr\u003e at Thessalonica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians, he\u003cbr\u003e addressed believers who were struggling to survive in a hostile\u003cbr\u003e world. Persecuted, discouraged, and tempted to compromise with\u003cbr\u003e the culture around them, they desperately needed Paul’s message\u003cbr\u003e of faith, hope, and love. Sound familiar?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these studies on Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians,\u003cbr\u003e Ray Stedman—pastor, teacher, and expositor—shows how Paul’s\u003cbr\u003e letters of encouragement are just as relevant for you today, speaking\u003cbr\u003e with power and clarity to your present need. They voice a father’s\u003cbr\u003e faithful concern, a mother’s tender understanding, and a brother’s\u003cbr\u003e readiness to stand by to the end. Above all, they bring a fresh\u003cbr\u003e realization of the resources believers already possess in the Spirit’s\u003cbr\u003e inner strengthening and the certainty of Christ’s return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Discovery House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034468991216,"sku":"9780929239149","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780929239149_p0.jpg?v=1763864580","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780929239149","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}