Download or read book When Suffering Persists written by Frederick W. Schmidt and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "When Suffering Persists", the author offers an accessible and pastoral exploration of theological understandings of suffering that ministers to both mind and spirit. He re-examines the generic comfort offered by many answers and the social and theological explanations that people offer one another, and provides a theology that takes seriously the devastating character of suffering.