I recently was persuaded to sign up for Blogging for Books by Waterbrook Multnomah. The first book I chose is by Randy Alcorn and it is titled If God Is Good.
If God is Good by Randy Alcorn is an amazing resource! Like his book Heaven, this is a pretty thick book, with a total of 494 pages. It attempts to tackle the question of suffering and evil and how God can be good in the midst of pain. There are many books about this subject, from C.S. Lewis' The Problem of Pain, to other more light hearted attempts at dealing with this question.
I felt that Randy Alcorn did an excellent job in being thorough yet easy to understand and read, while still backing everything up with Scripture. Unfortunately, not sure the average reader would pick up a book of this size unless they seriously had a lot of questions on this subject, and even then I wonder if they'd pick and choose certain chapters. This really is quite in depth! In the ending chapter (the conclusion) Randy Alcorn writes this,
"Those without a biblically grounded theology of suffering are always just one accident, disease, disability, natural disaster, or combat fatality away from losing their faith."
Even if you aren't in the midst of questions or suffering, this is an invaluable book to read to fully realize and wrestle with matters of faith in the midst of suffering, yet at the same time, a bit easier for the average person to read than CS Lewis' classic.
I highly recommend this book.
Disclaimer: I received this book free from Multnomah/Waterbrook's Blogging for Books program. This is my own opinion and I did not need to write a favorable review.
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