The Crook in the Lot by Thomas Boston ~ Full Audiobook [religion]

The Crook in the Lot by Thomas Boston audiobook.

Genre: religion

In The Crook in the Lot, Scottish Presbyterian pastor Thomas Boston turns a single piercing question from Ecclesiastes 7:13 into a steady guide for anyone living with burdens they cannot simply fix: if God has made something crooked in your life, who can make it straight? Boston calls the unchosen trials of daily life the 'crook' and the overall shape of a person's circumstances the 'lot.' With the directness of a preacher and the tenderness of a counselor, he argues that afflictions are not random intrusions but belong to God's wise providence, and that peace begins when the sufferer learns to see the crook as the work of God rather than a mistake to be fought at all costs. Drawing from Scripture and lived pastoral experience, Boston explores why certain troubles strike the most sensitive places in our hearts, how impatience and pride harden the soul, and what it looks like to respond with humility, repentance, prayer, and persevering faith. The book reads like a series of sermons meant to steady trembling hands and reframe suffering as a severe mercy that can shape holiness.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:08:29) Chapter 02

(00:40:22) Chapter 03

(01:24:19) Chapter 04

(01:44:05) Chapter 05

(02:20:42) Chapter 06

(02:40:03) Chapter 07

(03:14:39) Chapter 08

(03:49:04) Chapter 09

(04:07:39) Chapter 10

(04:52:23) Chapter 11

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