Faith Under Fire
Subtitle: What the Middle East Conflict Has Taught Me About God
Publisher: Monarch Books
Published: May 9, 2011
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781854249623
Description: Daily encounters with danger and death lead to greater faith 

As the minister of St George's Anglican Church, Baghdad, Andrew White encounters daily tragedy, yet he remains a man of profound faith. Under constant threat of death, shadowed by bodyguards, he builds and encourages and loves and consoles his beleaguered congregation.

In this candid book he squarely answers the questions that his circumstances force into the open. What happened to his faith, for example, when a young girl in his congregation died, after much hope and prayer? He is trusted by all sides in this tormented region, and has met the best and worst: articulate, agreeable imams and rabbis; Christian venality and dishonesty. What has kept him willing to see the best?

Every time he returns to Iraq, he may be saying goodbye to his family for the last time. What do they think? He suffers from MS. How does he remain cheerful despite his physical weakness, and its progression? What does he say to God, alone in his study, late at night? He has been caught up in momentous events. Can he see the hand of God? Looking ahead, can he be optimistic about the future? Where are his sources of spiritual energy? He solicits prayer: why?
Table of contents: title: My Previous Life
label: 1.; title: Why Go Into the Fire?
label: 2.; title: The Nature of Faith
label: 3.; title: Faith Admidst Tragedy
label: 4.; title: Faith Under Attack
label: 5.; title: Loss and Gain
label: 6.; title: When My Body Fails
label: 7.; title: Bearing the Heat
label: 8.; title: The Presence of the Almighty
label: 9.; title: Moving Forward
label: 10.; title: Friends in the Fire
label: 11.; title: The Real Presence
label: 12.; title: Epilogue; title: Conclusion; title: Photographs