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The year 2020 brought about a totally unprecedented experience for humanity: a worldwide pandemic. Life as we knew it changed almost instantly. We found ourselves quarantining at home, wearing masks in public, and using large amounts of hand sanitizer and disinfectant. As the months dragged on and the search for a COVID-19 vaccine continued, social distancing began to feel like solitary confinement, the rising death toll from the virus made the future feel very uncertain, and the US Presidential campaign made us feel more divided than ever. Was there hope to be found? In Faith Greater Than Our Challenges, Rev. Tom Edmondson offers a message of hope based on the apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians and the writings of Viktor Frankl. Though separated by nearly two thousand years, both faced certain death--Paul in prison, Frankl in concentration camps. Despite such dire circumstances, each one in his own way affirmed that life--even under the most extreme difficulties--has meaning. More than this, both Viktor Frankl's and Paul the apostle's words of encouragement have the power to inspire hope and patience to us during this time of pandemic.

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To fully understand this book, be sure to read it and do the personal application exercise. Edmonson interweaves Paul's letter to the Philippians with the work of the psychologist and survivor of the Shoah Viktor Frankl and with a study of Frankl by Pattakos and Dundon to create a textile woven of psychology, theology, and deep faith. Drawn from sermons delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is both well done and inspiring. --David R. Blumenthal, Jay and Leslie Cohen Chair of Judaic Studies, Emory University, retired In this book, Edmondson demonstrates in no uncertain terms how the apostle Paul and Viktor Frankl practiced what they preached by answering life's call with a faith greater than their challenges. As a result, they both embraced life with meaning and left legacies filled with ageless wisdom that will forever bring light to darkness. --Alex Pattakos, coauthor of Prisoners of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl's Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work

To fully understand this book, be sure to read it and do the personal application exercise. Edmonson interweaves Paul's letter to the Philippians with the work of the psychologist and survivor of the Shoah Viktor Frankl and with a study of Frankl by Pattakos and Dundon to create a textile woven of psychology, theology, and deep faith. Drawn from sermons delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is both well done and inspiring. --David R. Blumenthal, Jay and Leslie Cohen Chair of Judaic Studies, Emory University, retired In this book, Edmondson demonstrates in no uncertain terms how the apostle Paul and Viktor Frankl practiced what they preached by answering life's call with a faith greater than their challenges. As a result, they both embraced life with meaning and left legacies filled with ageless wisdom that will forever bring light to darkness. --Alex Pattakos, coauthor of Prisoners of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl's Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work

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Tom Edmondson is Senior Pastor at First Christian Church of Atlanta in Tucker, Georgia.

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