The God I Don't Understand: Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith

Written by Christopher J. H. Wright and John R. W. Stott

Narrated by Christopher J. H. Wright

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:

1. The problem of evil and suffering.
2. The genocide of the Canaanites.
3. The cross and the crucifixion.
4. 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

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Jan 6, 2009
• ISBN: 9780310300564

Christopher J. H. Wright

Chris Wright (Irlanda del Norte, 1947) es un destacado teólogo y pastor con una extensa carrera académica y ministerial. Fue ordenado en la Iglesia Anglicana de Inglaterra en 1977 y ha servido como pastor y profesor en Reino Unido y la India. Ha sido Decano Académico y Director de All Nations Christian College, Director Internacional de Langham Partnership International y Presidente del Grupo de Trabajo de Teología de Lausana. Ha escrito varios libros sobre teología bíblica, en especial sobre la relevancia del Antiguo Testamento para la misión y la ética cristianas. Él y su esposa, Liz, viven en Londres y tienen cuatro hijos adultos y cinco nietos.

Reviews for The God I Don't Understand

[ruthjoec · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

An interesting book that explores evil and suffering, the Canaanites and why they were conquered by the Israelites, the cross and the end of the world

[hopsakee_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Liked it. Wright adresses some serious issues. Two negative points, suffering and the slaughter of the canaanites, and two positive point, the cross and the youngest day. Don't hope that Wright will explain the how and why and whereto of these issues. He doesn't know either and he's honest about that. I think nobody in his right mind can think he can solves this issues. But Wright does explain why some explanations fall short and sometimes are even dangerously unhealthy. Wright also explains what he thinks he understands. I like that a lot. Accept you don't understand it completely, but also accept you don't have to be in the dark completely. For Wright his believe in God isn't hampered by these big questions. That's also the axiom of this book. So, it's written for christians, don't expect apologetics. Which I did.