Loading…

The Question That Never Goes Away is unavailable, but you can change that!

Why does God allow suffering? In his classic book Where Is God When It Hurts, Philip Yancey gave us permission to doubt, reasons not to abandon faith, and practical ways to reach out to hurting people. In this sequel, written 30 years later, Yancey revisits our cry of "Why, God?" in the wake of increased violence and natural disasters the world over. It's a cry that many of us take up with more...

late Dallas Willard’s book The Divine Conspiracy includes these words tucked away in a subordinate clause: “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on our way to our destiny in God’s full world.” For me, that phrase has come to summarize the grand scheme of cosmic history set forth in Romans 8. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” Paul asks rhetorically as he enumerates the trials he faced as a harassed missionary: “Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine