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(More customer reviews)This is a condensed version of Alcorn's IF GOD IS GOOD, and the author makes so many excellent points it's hard to write them all down, but I'll try.
Maybe the key to the whole book is found on page 48, where Alcorn writes this:
"..Because Jesus willingly entered this world of evil and suffering and didn't spare himself, but took on the worst of it for my sake and yours, he has earned my trust even for what I can't understand."
That's really the key for any Christ follower struggling with the question of suffering and if there is any "purpose" behind it. God can be trusted, no matter what happens in life. Period. When a Christian gets to that point, they can handle anything that happens to them or their loved ones, even if they don't and can't understand.
Beyond that, I've always loved Alcorn's writing simply because of the bold statements he makes. Listen to some of these:
.."any faith that leaves us unprepared for suffering is a false faith that deserves to be abandoned." (pg.5)
.."God doesn't need us to rescue him from the problem of evil." (pg.31)
.."to hate suffering is easy; to hate sin is not." (pg.99)
.."Worry is momentary atheism, crying out for correction by trust in a good and sovereign God." (pg.110)
This is a must read for all Christ followers, and even anyone who simply wants to explore more about what it means to have a loving God there for you all the time no matter what suffering you may go through in life.
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Through Pain and Tears…Finding a Way to God's Heart For those times when we're wounded by broken trust, assaulted by disease, or victimized by evil—or when we're crushed to see such things happen to people we love—Randy Alcorn offers something solid to hold onto. In this specially focused condensation of Alcorn's If God Is Good…: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil, we're continually guided into a deeper glimpse of God's loving ways and higher purposes—the very things we're often most blinded to whenever we battle pain and anguish.Alcorn avoids superficial or sentimental responses, and instead presses forward boldly to explore all the troubling doubts and questions that agitate within us when we confront suffering and evil.The issues are far from simple, the answers far from easy—but Alcorn shows how the way of suffering—a path that Jesus himself followed more than anyone else—can ultimately become a journey into wholeness and even logic-defying joy.
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