Preaching to Sufferers grows from Kent Richmond's own experience of his son's death. From that tragedy, he was led to rethink his ideas about the nature of God. That reflection, in turn, led to a fresh sensitivity to the ways we must address those in pain and those who mourn the loss of loved ones.

With clear, sharp insight, Richmond discusses the problems that death and suffering create in our attempts to understand the goodness of God. He offers a fresh understanding of God's goodness and then shows in very practical ways how that understanding can help us minister to those in pain and grief.

Preaching to Sufferers includes sermons that Kent Richmond has preached on particularly difficult occasions on the deaths of a child, of a young adult, and of a person who had suffered a long time.