Wait and Hope: Puritan Wisdom for Joyful Suffering pressure He encourages his questioners to

He encourages his questioners to pray for understanding and to thank God for the understanding they have so far—which is surely a free gift of God

hero of Chariots of Fire

for this reason our race for the good life finds us all too often ‘running scared

and is a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in America

tell them about what you have seen and heard in this valley

Wait and Hope: Puritan Wisdom for Joyful Suffering pressure He encourages his questioners toSince the fall, suffering has been a universal part of human experience. While the specific trials we face change, we all long for hope in the face of many burdens. No group of writers in church history grasped this better than the Puritans. In Wait and Hope, Jacob Tanner reminds us how the Puritans endured immense suffering in various aspects of the Christian life from facing persecution and death to pursuing assurance through trials. By looking at