Let me begin by saying, there is no writer that I respect more than Randy Alcorn, personally or professionally. Whenever I've had a question for him, he's answered it based on biblical principles and with a deep understanding of God's word. His responses are never rushed but thoughtful and detailed. I love both his fiction and his non-fiction. My favorite Alcorn novel is Safely Home. That book shook me to my core. My favorite Alcorn non-fiction release, to date, is Heaven. It opened my eyes to all the Bible has to say about my eternal home.
Now comes his brand new release, If God is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil. I haven't had a chance to read the entire book (it's a big one and not something to rush through). But I know that it's giving me much to ponder because who hasn't asked that question at some point in their life: If God is good, why…?
If God is good, why do people have to suffer? If God is good, why do bad things happen to good people? Or for that matter, why do good things happen to bad people?
IF GOD IS GOOD
Every one of us will experience suffering. Many of us are experiencing it now. As we have seen in recent years, evil is real in our world, present and close to each one of us.
In such difficult times, suffering and evil beg questions about God–Why would an all-good and all-powerful God create a world full of evil and suffering? And then, how can there be a God if suffering and evil exist?
These are ancient questions, but also modern ones as well. Atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and even former believers like Bart Ehrman answer the question simply: The existence of suffering and evil proves there is no God.
In this captivating new book, best-selling author Randy Alcorn challenges the logic of disbelief, and brings a fresh, realistic, and thoroughly biblical insight to the issues these important questions raise.
Alcorn offers insights from his conversations with men and women whose lives have been torn apart by suffering, and yet whose faith in God burns brighter than ever. He reveals the big picture of who God is and what God is doing in the world–now and forever. And he equips you to share your faith more clearly and genuinely in this world of pain and fear.
As he did in his best-selling book, Heaven, Randy Alcorn delves deep into a profound subject, and through compelling stories, provocative questions and answers, and keen biblical understanding, he brings assurance and hope to all.
Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspectives Ministries and a bestselling author. His novels include Deadline, Dominion, Edge of Eternity, Lord Foulgrin’s Letters, The Ishbane Conspiracy, and the Gold Medallion winner, Safely Home. He has written eighteen nonfiction books as well, including Heaven, The Treasure Principle, The Purity Principle, and The Grace and Truth Paradox. Randy and his wife, Nanci, live in Oregon and have two married daughters and four grandsons.
