Book Review: If God is Good, Faith in the Midst of suffering and evil by Randy Alcorn

I received a copy of this book free of charge from the publisher for the purpose of review.

It will be very difficult for me to find the proper words to give this book the proper credit it deserves. It was a very long book, 494 pages in all. As much as I enjoy reading I do not think besides the Bible I have ever made it through a book that long.

With that said I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for this book. It is an amazing work that has now made its way to my favorites list. Which if you read me often you know that is not something that happens lightly. I am all about not wasting your time in reading something outside of the Bible. This book is one you will not waste your time reading.

It has a great biblically sound outlook on evil and suffering in this world. It is a topic I wish the church addressed more. This book was right on with all that it discussed. Filled with great stories and testimonies of others and how God has sustained them through trials. It even addressed views of unbelievers and other types of faddish views of suffering and offering a correct biblical perspective on those. This is an extremely helpful book and one I would recommend to anyone because we all experience evil and trials in this world. The question is how do we cope? How do we properly see the trial? How do we view God in it? Trials bring our theology to the test. It is only through those struggles that God can work out the wrong beliefs in our thinking.

Trials challenge us to put God in His proper place. I am eternally grateful for mine. I love everything about this book. I wish I had my hands on it 13 years ago when the biggest trial of my life started with my health. It would have helped me avoid some of the pitfalls of wrong thinking. However though I did not have a book like this I did have my Bible. The challenge of others opinions on the very topic of trials drove me deep into the Word of God and I would not trade that for the world. It was there that God gave me this same perspective written in this book.

So to end I will say what my daughter always says when she reads the cover of this book, If God is good? Mom, the answer is YES! He is so good and this book will help you see that if you cannot see the good in any trials you may be struggling with. Also, if you just need some strong solid biblical encouragement this book is also for you.