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Yancey is probably the best Christian author of our time,
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This review is from: Disappointment With God (Mass Market Paperback)
And this book "Disappointment with God" is a great read. You have to love an evangelical Christian who would even dare to write a book with a title like this. Christianity MUST BE a "thinking man's faith" and BECAUSE OF THAT, we can't be afraid to ask and answer the hard questions. Elijah Lovejoy, first martyr of the free press, (look up his life story if you don't know this name - he's a fascinating historical figure!) is quoted as saying "Truth has nothing to fear from investigation." Yancey investigates God, Truth and does it in a way that really brings the reader along and opens up dialogues that are a wee bit scary. It also digs deep into the story of Job and explores that whole conundrum in a new light. Lots of food for thought there. The opening story - about the young man burning his religious books - paints an indelible scene in my thought that I will not soon forget. On the down side - I don't think this is Yancey's best work. His number one best book (and my favorite book of the DECADE! ) is: "What's so amazing about Grace." I've given away four copies of that book SO FAR! My number two favorite Yancey book is "The Jesus I Never Knew." Another GREAT book, but not as good as his "Grace" book. "Disappointment with God" is in third place, but any book that makes you think deeply about God, and draw closer to God, is well worth five stars. This book certainly does do that.
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For the first time, I can imagine God as a Person...,
By LeeAnn Balbirona (Washington state) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Disappointment With God (Paperback)
...rather than just an Omnipotent, Omnipresent Being somewhere up there in the sky. I was recommended this book by my father and pleasantly surprised to find Yancey is a thinking-person's evangelical. This is the first of his books I've read and I'll read more because of this one. Really made the Bible into a logical, understandable story about the Creator's relationship with humankind. I highly recommend this book to anyone with doubts (who doesn't have them?) about God's love for him or her and for those who ask, "If God exists, why does He allow bad things to happen? Why doesn't He just prove His existence to me with a miracle? Why doesn't He just tell me what He wants me to do?" and so on. Not a book with hellfire and brimstone, I promise, but neither is it a book that puts aside the Bible in favor of popular opinion and culture.
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Puts Difficult Items on the Agenda,
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This review is from: Disappointment With God (Mass Market Paperback)
"Disappointment with Philip Yancey," was my first reaction after finishing this book. I realize he's a well-known Christian author. Perhaps I was expecting too much from a human being. After all, why should he know more than any of us. We're all seeking to learn. It's just that with a title like this, I was expecting some great revelations. In the preface he even dedicates it to "...my brother...who is still disappointed."So Yancey puts the issues on the table, discusses them, but doesn't come up with any conclusive insights. Go back a few centuries and you see Job didn't really have any answers for what he faced. It boils down to God is Sovereign. To us His ways are mysterious. Occasionally Yancey has some threads of encouragement sprinkled in this searcher's work. Take for example, "Saints become saints by somehow hanging on to the stubborn conviction that things are not as they appear, and that the unseen world is as solid and trustworthy, as the visible world around them." I would say the invisible is MORE trustworthy. Scripture teaches that that which is unseen created that which is seen. Yancey's discussion on time is eye-opening. He describes how that as an author he writes a work at a certain time, but it isn't read by his audience until a later point, i.e., a "self contained time zone." Similarly, God is not limited in His actions to time as we know it. That's difficult to comprehend, which makes it a reality beyond our perception. This book will make you think, but will not necessarily provide answers.
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