Deadline by Randy Alcorn

Why do I keep reading books that involve horrible car accidents?

This is a repackaging of the mammoth novel by Randy Alcorn. Journalist Jake Woods tries to uncover the truth about the accident but is drawn into a riptide of murder and mystery.

Alcorn has a fantastic way of speaking profound truth and exploring deep topics all while spinning an engaging tale. The size of the book may turn a few off initially but as soon as you finish the first chapter, you won't be able to put this down.

Afterwards you will have finished a novel that you will be talking about for days to come. There are things that come up that you will wrestle with and mull over long after this book is back on the shelf. You'll want to meet up with friends and explore the implications of what you've read.

In this new edition a Reader's Guide is included at the end (don't peek) to help you on your way.

Pick this book up from your library and spend a weekend with Alcorn, Woods and his friends.

This book was provided for review, at no cost, by WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing.

If God is Good by Randy Alcorn

With the size and content of a college theology text book, If Good is Good Randy Alcorn's response to the many questions that plague Christians.

The set-up is very similar to a Systematic theology book by Wayne Grudem, you will have 1 chapter, and within each chapter are shorter sections that go into great detail in discussing suffering and pain, and many others.

There are 11 sections total which include:

Understanding the Problem of Evil and Suffering

Understanding Evil: Its Origins, Nature and Consequences

Problems for Non-Theists: Moral Standards, Goodness, and Extreme Evil

Proposed Solutions to the Problem of Evil and Suffering: Limiting God's Attributes

Evil and Suffering in the Great Drama of Christ's Redemptive Work

Divine Sovereignty and Meaningful Human Choice: Accounting for Evil and Suffering

The Two Eternal Solutions to the Problem of Evil: Heaven and Hell

God's Allowance and Restraint of Evil and Suffering

Evil and Suffering Used for God's Glory

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

Living Meaningfully in Suffering

Alcorn's talent is to take deep issues and bring them to our level of understanding. He uses words that make the hardest idea become simple yet profound.

This is not a book that you will finish in a day, let alone a week. You will want to pour over this text and open your Bibles to grow your understanding of having faith in the midst of suffering and evil.


This book was provided for review by WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing.