I can not remember ever reviewing books here but one that will be published by Random House under their Waterbrook Press imprint this September is something that stands out. I could not put down a pre-publication sampling of the manuscript. Whether or not you are a Christian or even believe in the existence of God, you will appreciate reading
From the publisher description:
“Every one of us will experience suffering. Many of us are experiencing it now. As we have seen in recent years, evil is real in our world, present and close to each one of us.
In such difficult times, suffering and evil beg questions about God–Why would an all-good and all-powerful God create a world full of evil and suffering? And then, how can there be a God if suffering and evil exist?
These are ancient questions, but also modern ones as well. Atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and even former believers like Bart Ehrman answer the question simply: The existence of suffering and evil proves there is no God…
As he did in his best-selling book, Heaven, Randy Alcorn delves deep into a profound subject…”
You can download the first two chapters FREE.
You can download the first two chapters of this book here:
http://www.randomhouse.com/waterbrook/sneakpeek.html