All Things for Good
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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. Stephenâs 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 Godâs grace. The second was making the believer joyful in response to Godâs grace. He believed the answer to the second difficulty could be found in Paulâs teaching in Romans 8:28âGod 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 Godâs word could lead him to such confidence.
Thomas Watsonâs 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 Godâs people. He carefully analyzes what it means to be someone who âloves Godâ and is âcalled according to his purpose.â
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Thomas John Watson, Jr. (1914â1993) 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 âthe greatest capitalist in historyâ and one of â100 most influential people of the 20th centuryâ by Time magazine.
Jim Denison is an audiobook narrator and voice actor with over thirty years experience in professional public speaking, including five years as a radio personality.
