Eight Months at Mount Sinai: A Theologian Reflects from Death’s Borderland
Ebook
Eight Months at Mount Sinai is about one person's struggle with suffering and death. These are transparent reflections from someone who has dealt with the subject in the pulpit, the lectern, and life. Some of the reflections are not easy to read. They are gritty and earthy, but they are also honest offerings from one who has suffered in body and soul. The topics of mortality, suffering, loss of identity, sacrifice, loneliness, heartbreak, hospitality, the death of hope, the grace of God, and the persistence of faith are all covered. The resiliency of the human spirit and the profound mystery of God also shine through. The reader will also encounter hope as seen in the way communities of faith, communities of healing, and family all come alongside one journeying through the profundity of human pain. This book is for those who are suffering or have suffered, as well as those who have faithfully accompanied a sufferer on a lonely journey. Readers will not find platitudes here but may just find a voice that understands.
“This extraordinarily honest account of a personally challenging odyssey includes an adventurously hopeful expedition towards a bright future, unexpected and uncharted detours, a treacherous and prolonged journey through hell, and finally a return home—greatly changed. This is a profoundly inspiring story, not only of faith, but of faithfulness—the long-term struggle of repeatedly choosing to believe when all seems hopeless.”
—Masud Ibn Syedullah, director, Roots & Branches: Programs for Spiritual Growth
“Be prepared to have your soul profoundly and shockingly troubled by the contemplation of suffering at your own impending death. Eric Titus will take you on a journey through the refiner’s fire. This book has changed my theology of suffering, deepened my faith, and opened the way I want to serve as a pastor. I don’t think I will seek first to soothe anymore, but to suffer with.”
—Douglas Leonard, pastor, Hopewell Reformed Church
“A window to the world of life and near-death, this impassioned autobiographical story will touch the reader’s heart and mind deeply. The author’s candor and surprising vulnerability beckons one to witness an unforeseen journey with many twists and turns. The mystery of an apparently absent God repudiates sentimental platitudes. Yet God’s presence is revealed incarnationally through the tender or gritty sacrificial love of many people.”
—Richard Otterness, retired pastor
- Title: Eight Months at Mount Sinai: A Theologian Reflects from Death’s Borderland
- Authors: Eric J. Titus, Kendra VanHouten, Nancy Titus
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385213238, 9798385213214, 9798385213221
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385213238
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-22T20:38:31Z
Eric J. Titus received his doctorate at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. He has been a minister in the Reformed Church in America for nearly three decades and served as senior lecturer in systematic theology at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek, Croatia. He has also lectured at the University of Arad, Romania and the Asia Graduate School of Theology, Manila, Philippines. He is a member of the Princeton Research Forum.