Through Book, Christian Author Peter B. Angier Re-Introduces God as Sovereign Lord and Designer Creator
The former missionary to the Middle East intends to reach out to people who, due to different crises in life, find it hard to trust God.
In this century, how does one (re)imagine God? Does He have anything to say about the lives of people who struggle with life’s ambiguities and challenges?
He does – because He cares. This is the central message – and the great truth – of the book written by Peter B. Angier titled Rough Waters, Polished Stones: Victorious Living Based on Biblical Truths (Xulon Press, 2008).
The book’s title speaks volumes for it serves as a metaphor for individuals who lost it all and had a rough time in their lives but would later emerge stronger and more successful. People who read their Bible will know Rough Waters, Polished Stones refers to the Biblical figures Job and Joseph, which the author did not
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As sovereign God, He works within and through man to “produce a quality of life quite unseen or acknowledged at the time.” This is made possible only through numerous trials, hardships, sicknesses, and difficulties – experiences that polish and perfect creation.
As designer creator, He, in His sovereignty, prescribes man’s unchangeable features even before he is born. The action itself carries a promise that He will fulfill His purpose for man.
“We must accept the fact God has not finished with us yet,” said the author in his