To build your life on the solid foundation of Gods goodness, you must be willing to ask the tough questions. Pastor Bill Johnson draws from over 40 years of ministry leadership and experience with God to Biblically answer some of your most frequently asked questions about God’s goodness: Is God really in control of everything? Is God the same in both the Old and New Testaments? If God is good, and wants to heal people, why do people still get sick?
The truth in these pages will help you answer the most important and foundational question of all: Is God really good?
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Focusing on God’s Goodness in Times of Crisis
Chapter 2: Helping Others See God’s Goodness in the Midst of Pain
Chapter 3: God’s Goodness in the Old Testament
Chapter 4: Does the Old Testament Still apply?
Chapter 5: An Inside Look at God is Good
Chapter 6: A Secret About Grace
Chapter 7: God’s Discipline and Non-believers
Chapter 8: God’s Heart Concerning Poverty
Chapter 9: When You Don’t See Healing
Chapter 10: God’s Goodness and the Power of Hope
Chapter 11: God’s Glory and His Goodness
Chapter 12: How to Inundate Yourself with God’s Goodness
Chapter 13: What You Believe About God’s Goodness Determines Your Destiny
Chapter 14: Intimacy with Jesus
Chapter 15: Turning Your Heart
Chapter 16: Is God in Control?
Chapter 17: Does God Ever Give Someone a Disease?
Chapter 18: What if Your Prophetic Word isn’t Coming to Pass?
Chapter 19: God’s Goodness and the Lost
Chapter 20: Evangelism and the Value We Place on Others
Chapter 21: God’s Goodness at Creation
Chapter 22: Encountering a Good God
Chapter 23: Dealing with Disappointment
Chapter 24: God’s Sovereignty in the Midst of Pain
Chapter 25: Engaging the Political Realm
Chapter 26: How to Talk to Children about Suffering
Chapter 27: The Miracle You’re Waiting For
Chapter 28: Loving Those Who Mock You
Chapter 29: Pastoring Your Family
Chapter 30: Bill Johnson’s Top 5 Books
Chapter 31: Praying for Your Unbelieving Child
Chapter 32: Hosting the Presence of God
Chapter 33: Closing Prayer
About the Author:
Bill Johnson is a fifth-generation pastor with a rich heritage in the Holy Spirit. Bill and his wife, Beni, are the senior leaders of Bethel Church in Redding, California, and serve a growing number of churches that cross denominational lines, demonstrate power, and partner for revival. Bill’s vision is for all believers to experience God’s presence and operate in the miraculous – as expressed in his bestselling books When Heaven Invades Earth and Hosting the Presence. The Johnsons have three children and nine grandchildren.
