{"product_id":"the-god-i-dont-understand-reflections-on-tough-questions-of-faith-9780310530701","title":"God I Don't Understand: Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMany Christians believe that they have to understand everything about their faith for that faith to be genuine. This isn't true.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are many things we don't understand about God, His Word, and His works. And this is actually one of the greatest things about the Christian faith: that there are areas of mystery that lie beyond the keenest scholarship or even the most profound spiritual exercises. Sadly, for many people these problems raise so many questions and uncertainties that faith itself becomes a struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut questions, and even doubts, are part of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Wright encourages us to face the limitations of our understanding and to acknowledge the pain and grief they can often cause. In \u003cem\u003eThe God I Don't Understand\u003c\/em\u003e, he focuses on four of the most mysterious subjects in the Bible and reflects upon why it's important to ask questions without having to provide the answer: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe problem of evil and suffering.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe genocide of the Canaanites.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cross and the crucifixion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe end of the world. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"However strongly we believe in divine revelation, we must acknowledge both that God has not revealed everything and that much of what he has revealed is not plain. It is because Dr. Wright confronts biblical problems with a combination of honesty and humility that I warmly commend this book.\" --John Stott\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWright, Christopher J. H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDr. Christopher J. H. Wright is International Director of the Langham Partnership International. After teaching the Old Testament in India and the UK, he also served as chair of the Lausanne Movement's Theology Working Group and was the chief architect of the Cape Town Commitment at the Third Lausanne Congress, 2010. His books include: Knowing\u003cem\u003e Jesus through the Old Testament, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, Deuteronomy (\u003c\/em\u003eUnderstanding the Bible Commentary\u003cem\u003e), Salvation Belongs to Our God, The Mission of God, The God I Don't Understand, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Mission of God's People. \u003c\/em\u003eChris and his wife Liz who have four adult children and a growing number of grandchildren, live in London, UK, and belong to All Souls Church.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zondervan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460109799698,"sku":"9780310530701","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f8b573b-d571-44e8-a2e6-a49dc7d77fcf.jpg?v=1730027768","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-god-i-dont-understand-reflections-on-tough-questions-of-faith-9780310530701","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}