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Ever questioned yourself when tragedy strikes with one word, Why? Perhaps it’s the death of a child or something on a greater magnitude that bears that very question. Then it usually is followed up with then where was God when this happened? Why did He allow this to happen? Does God really care about us? Does God even exist at all?
The answers are laid out quite nicely in the book, Should We Fire God? By Jim Pace. Jim was a former student of Virginia Tech, and when the shootings at the school that claimed the lives of 28 students and 4 teachers, Jim was asked to be the media spokesperson for the church at the time.
As difficult as these questions may be to answer, I think Jim does a great job at not only laying out the foundation of why God allows such things to happen, but we have to understand that we all have our own personal choices to make in life. If God intervenes in one of them, then where should he stop? Doesn’t it then become a forced sense of a relationship between us and our creator?
Imagine if you will as a parent, you kept your child perfectly safe in your opinion. Never let them out, never let them be with other children, because in all honestly you can’t protect them when they are out of your sight much less protect them when they are in your sight. So where you do start and stop?
The book is the best I have read to date on the answer to the question we all find ourselves answering to people who don’t believe and finally we can feel confident in our reply. Sin was allowed in, and thus in this world sin is prevalent. We need never teach our kids how to be bad or selfish, it’s something that comes naturally even though we try and correct against it.
I personally think each Christian should take the time to have these necessary answers handy. I received a complimentary copy of this book from Faith Words, a division of Hachette Book Groups. If you would like more information on this book and where to purchase a copy, please click on the link below:
http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/books_9780446546140.htm
In addition, I will be providing 3 copies of this book to any followers of my blog who simply leave me a comment.
I would love to know how would you answer the question of why does God allow bad things to happen and should we fire God? Please leave me a comment!
This giveaway will end on April 24th!
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