Can God Be Trusted? : Finding Faith in Troubled Times

by Williams, Thomas D.

• ISBN13: 9780446515009
• ISBN10: 0446515000
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-13
• Publisher: FaithWords

Summary

Father Williams explores the most common obstacles that prevent people from trusting God, including personal betrayals, unfulfilled expectations, and seemingly unanswered prayers. He then explains what is reasonable to expect from God and offers practical tips for ways to grow in trust. Williams is becoming a revered voice in the Christian community for his insightful writings on issues that really matter to Christians. In this new book, Father Williams will help readers understand, not only how to trust God in spite of doubts and confusion, but to truly know God can be trusted.

Author Biography

Thomas D. Williams, LC, ThD, is Vatican Analyst for CBS News and a professor of theology and ethics at the ReginaApostolorumPontificalUniversity in Rome. He has also worked extensively for NBC News and Britain's Sky News, covering church and ethical issues, including the final illness and death of Pope John Paul II, the 2005 papal conclave, and the election of Pope Benedict XVI. Father Williams also regularly appeared in the MSNBC series The Ethical Edge and is author of several books and dozens of articles, both scholarly and popular.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Why Trust Matters	p. 1
The Downside of Distrust	p. 3
What Makes It All Worthwhile	p. 11
Trust and Trustworthiness	p. 24
Lean On Me	p. 37
God's Rivals for Our Trust	p. 39
Is God Up to the Task?	p. 48
What Trust in God Looks Like	p. 56
Trust as a Gift to God	p. 68
Why Trusting Is So Horribly Hard	p. 79
Why Do We Have Trouble Trusting?	p. 81
What to Do When God Lets You Down	p. 95
Waiting for the Lord	p. 103
Can Sinners Trust?	p. 119
God's Promises	p. 127
What We Should Not Expect from God	p. 129
What Can We Expect from God?	p. 140
Reciprocity: God's Trust in Us	p. 156
Providence and Personal Responsibility	p. 162
Making Trust Happen	p. 171
Regaining Lost Trust	p. 173
Becoming Poor in Spirit	p. 187
The Psalms: A Book of Trust	p. 197
Notes	p. 207
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