All Things for Good, Thomas Watson
All Things for Good, Thomas Watson
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All Things for Good

Author: Thomas Watson

Narrator: Jim Denison

Unabridged: 4 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/05/2016


Synopsis

All Things for Good by Thomas Watson provides the biblical answer to the contemporary question: Why do bad things happen to good people?Thomas Watson, the seventeenth-century minister of St. Stephen’s Walbrook, believed he faced two great difficulties in his pastoral ministry. The first was making the unbeliever sad, in the recognition of his need of God’s grace. The second was making the believer joyful in response to God’s grace. He believed the answer to the second difficulty could be found in Paul’s teaching in Romans 8:28—God works all things together for good for his people.First published in 1663 (under the title A Divine Cordial), the year after Watson and some two thousand other ministers were ejected from the Church of England and exposed to hardship and suffering, All Things for Good contains the rich exposition of a man who lived when only faith in God’s word could lead him to such confidence.Thomas Watson’s exposition is always simple, illuminating, and rich in practical application. He explains that both the best and the worst experiences work for the good of God’s people. He carefully analyzes what it means to be someone who “loves God” and is “called according to his purpose.”

About Thomas Watson

Thomas John Watson, Jr. (1914–1993) was an American businessman, political figure, and philanthropist. He was the second president of IBM, the eleventh national president of the Boy Scouts of America, and the sixteenth United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union. He received many honors during his lifetime, including being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Watson was called “the greatest capitalist in history” and one of “100 most influential people of the 20th century” by Time magazine.

About Jim Denison

Jim Denison is an Earphones Award winner and a SOVAS Voice Arts Award nominee. He has experience as an actor on a variety of television shows and movies and in regional and national television and radio ads. He holds graduate and post-graduate degrees in Christian studies and spent forty years working full-time in Christian ministry. He is the voice for the popular YouTube channel Top10Archive. A Florida native, he and his wife currently reside in southern Indiana.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on December 24, 2022

Have I given in to star inflation with two 5 star reviews in a row? I think not. Have James KA Smith prime you to the preciousness of the moment God has given you, and then consider that the Spirit has been doing similar work for 400 documented years between these two texts, and you would be handing......more

Goodreads review by Gabie on August 31, 2023

Every single Christian ought to read this beautiful, comforting, and convicting book. I wish I could give this more than five stars to express how incredible it was. This is the best book I have read this year. Thomas Watson speaks to the soul of the Christian, the one that suffers, the one that dou......more

Goodreads review by Wilson on June 01, 2021

Um dos livros mais especiais que li na vida. É impressionante como de um só versículo tanto pode ser extraído e compartilhado para a edificação dos cristãos. Todos deveriam ler este livro. Thomas Watson, apesar de ter vivido há quase 400 anos, ainda fala alto hoje em dia.......more

Goodreads review by Kofi on May 17, 2021

Splendid. I love Watson for his theological warmth. And no, that’s not an oxymoron.......more

Goodreads review by Ashleigh on July 23, 2024

It is funny how God uses some books to teach and convict you of things that you weren’t asking for from reading the title. I opened this book to read more in depth how I could better understand how God uses all things for good. But I was not ready to be confronted with so much talk of what it means t......more


Quotes

“This book merits unhurried and attentive reading; I did not turn a page without stopping to reflect. Watson is rightly regarded as one of the most vivid and engaging Puritan writers, as you will discover. While the style of All Things for Good is impressive, the argument is sublime. Watson exhaustively examines each section of this verse.” Joey Cochran, ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary