J. Todd Billings (ThD, Harvard University Divinity School) is Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, and an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He is the author of several books, including Union with Christ, winner of a Christianity Today Book Award, and Calvin, Participation, and the Gift, winner of a 2009 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise.

• Contents1. Walking in the Fog: A Narrowed Future or a Spacious Place?2. Sorting through the Questions: The Book of Job, the Problem of Evil, and the Limits of Human Wisdom3. Lamenting in Trust: Praying with the Psalmist amid a Sea of Emotions4. Lamenting to the Almighty: Discerning the Mystery of Divine Providence5. Joining the Resistance: Lament and Compassionate Witness to the Present and Future King6. Death in the Story of God and in the Church7. Praying for Healing and Praying for the Kingdom8. In the Valley: Toxins, Healing, and Strong Medicine for Sinners9. The Light of Perfect Love in the Darkness: God's Impassible Love in Christ10. "I Am Not My Own": Our Story Incorporated into Christ's

J. Todd Billings (ThD, Harvard University Divinity School) is Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, and an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He is the author of several books, including Union with Christ, winner of a Christianity Today Book Award, and Calvin, Participation, and the Gift, winner of a 2009 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise.

• Contents1. Walking in the Fog: A Narrowed Future or a Spacious Place?2. Sorting through the Questions: The Book of Job, the Problem of Evil, and the Limits of Human Wisdom3. Lamenting in Trust: Praying with the Psalmist amid a Sea of Emotions4. Lamenting to the Almighty: Discerning the Mystery of Divine Providence5. Joining the Resistance: Lament and Compassionate Witness to the Present and Future King6. Death in the Story of God and in the Church7. Praying for Healing and Praying for the Kingdom8. In the Valley: Toxins, Healing, and Strong Medicine for Sinners9. The Light of Perfect Love in the Darkness: God's Impassible Love in Christ10. "I Am Not My Own": Our Story Incorporated into Christ's

J. Todd Billings (ThD, Harvard University Divinity School) is Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, and an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He is the author of several books, including Union with Christ, winner of a Christianity Today Book Award, and Calvin, Participation, and the Gift, winner of a 2009 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise.

• Contents1. Walking in the Fog: A Narrowed Future or a Spacious Place?2. Sorting through the Questions: The Book of Job, the Problem of Evil, and the Limits of Human Wisdom3. Lamenting in Trust: Praying with the Psalmist amid a Sea of Emotions4. Lamenting to the Almighty: Discerning the Mystery of Divine Providence5. Joining the Resistance: Lament and Compassionate Witness to the Present and Future King6. Death in the Story of God and in the Church7. Praying for Healing and Praying for the Kingdom8. In the Valley: Toxins, Healing, and Strong Medicine for Sinners9. The Light of Perfect Love in the Darkness: God's Impassible Love in Christ10. "I Am Not My Own": Our Story Incorporated into Christ's