The God I Don't Understand
Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Zondervan Reflective (Zondervan)
- Published: 2016
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Publisher's Description
Many Christians believe that they have to understand everything about their faith for that faith to be genuine. This isn't true. There 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. But questions, and even doubts, are part of faith. Chris Wright encourages us to face the limitations of our understanding and to acknowledge the pain and grief they can often cause. In The God I Don't Understand, 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: The problem of evil and suffering. The genocide of the Canaanites. The cross and the crucifixion. The end of the world. "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
Endorsements (3)
“Endorsements for The God I Don’t Understand by Christopher J. H. Wright Chris Wright boldly explores four of the most difficult subjects Christians will generally face: the problem of evil, the genocide of Joshua, how modern culture can make sense of the cross, and prophecies about the end of the world. In each case, Wright uses his long experience as a theologian/teacher to skillfully and winsomely bring us through the dead-end solutions we often hear and lead us in fruitful and promising directions. This is not a book filled with the usual piety or apologetic drivel so often found in such treatments: it is a tough-minded and courageous wrestling match with profound issues of faith reminiscent of John Stott. Few of us would take on such a task. Wright has not only done it well — but supremely well.”
“It’s refreshing to read a book that begins by admitting there is much about God we don’t and can’t understand, yet doesn’t back away from wrestling. Christopher Wright shepherds the reader into topics about God that perplex and disturb us all and demonstrates how our tough questions are actually pathways to a deeper faith in God.”
“This hopeful and challenging book begins with some of our hardest questions about God and ends with some of God’s greatest promises to us. It is a gift to all of us who care enough about our faith to question it.”
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