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What Good Is God?: In Search of a Faith That Matters

por Philip Yancey

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The author, a journalist and spiritual seeker has always struggled with the most basic questions of the Christian faith. The question he tackles in this book concerns the practical value of belief in God. His search for the answer to this question took him to some amazing settings around the world: Mumbai, India when the firing started during the terrorist attacks; at the motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated; on the Virginia Tech campus soon after the massacre; an AA convention; and even to a conference for women in prostitution.… (mais)
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As a young teenager, I remember picking up one of Philip Yancey’s books (Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, coauthored with Paul Brand), and being drawn in by his perspective and the stories he had to tell. After that, I knew I wanted to read more of his writings, so I started collecting his books whenever I came across them. Collecting books is one thing; getting around to reading them is something else entirely. But I did manage to pick up What Good is God over the last month, and I quickly grew to appreciate Yancey’s writing style and perspective all over again.

As a collection of ten different talks Yancey has given over the years, this book can tend to feel slightly disconnected, but viewed across the broad span of the book, the main theme—seeking to know and understand more of God’s faithfulness even in the most trying circumstances—shines through brilliantly.

I found this book both challenging and inspiring. Challenging, because some of the situations Yancey describes are ones I would find incredibly uncomfortable to navigate. Inspiring, because Yancey manages to pull deep life lessons—and astute observations and conclusions—out of all his varied experiences. Through it all, a thread of faithful perseverance and trust in the Lord is encouraged and lived out.

This was a book I’ll be mulling over for a long time. It’s going down as one of the books I saved the most quotes from in 2023—there was a lot of gentle wisdom in these pages, as well as clarity of thought about situations I’ve never considered before.

If you enjoy being pushed outside of your comfort zone by what you’re reading at times, or enjoy getting a different perspective on the world, or generally want to grow in your Christian faith, I’d highly recommend you pick up this book. It’s a gem, and I’m sure I’ll want to read it again someday! ( )
  EstherFilbrun | Feb 27, 2024 |
Got an advance copy of this from the bookstore where I work. Philip Yancey is one of my favorite Christian writers, and he had an interesting and effective format for this book. It was divided into 10 sections, each one about a place he had traveled where he had been struck by the faith of the people he met and the difference God had made in their lives. From Mumbai, shortly after the terrorist attacks in 2008, to Virginia Tech after a student went on a murderous rampage, to a convention of women who had found their way out of prostitution, Yancey writes about the people he meets with anecdotes of incredible faith and struggles to not only survive the world, but to make it a better place. Each section is divided in two- Yancey setting the stage for the speaking engagement in each place and then the actual speech he gave. I was moved by this book and may need to read it again for the inspiration it gave. I recommend it to Christians and non-Christians alike as a book that presents stunning examples of Christianity as it should be. ( )
  Harks | Dec 17, 2022 |
Yancey is my favorite Arminian writer. Thought provoking, genuine and original, Yancey never fails to send my thoughts in new directions. I am about half way through this one and it is formated into chapter pairs with the first one describing an extrodinary or unusual circumstance where Yancey has been asked to speak and the second giving the speach itself. He has covered so far speaking at the Virginia Tech Masacare, the Chinese underground church, a conference for recovering prostitutes, remembering CS Lewis at Oxford - pretty powerful. If you have never read Yancey a MUST read is "What is so amazing about grace."

Having now concluded What Good is God, I'm left feeling mixed about what Yancey had to say. I'm really in between "liked" and "really liked." On the one hand Yancey does what he does best - tells you a story. This book is full of powerful, superbly-written stories that make you think or cry or imagine. Very few can so powerfully mix intellectual questioning with such powerful pathos. One is definately moved and stretched to think differently or more deeply about God and how his mysterious plans are worked out in the world. The real question Yancey is asking as he reveals his travels throughout the world is - Does God make a difference in difficult situations faced by believers around the globe? And if so what is that difference and how is it manifested? There is no doubt that Yancy excels at asking this question and painting the picture of suffereing and pain with a realistic and heart-wrenching pen. There is equally no doubt that Yancey comes down firmly on the side that God is good though unfathomable and suffering often results in displays of grace that would never be seen without the agony.

So why the mixed review? I think what strikes as off is that Yancey is mushy. I don't mean sentimental I mean unclear doctrinally. While I do appreciate that doctrine has to be worked out on the road of life and doctrine alone alone can lead to pat, prideful answers - it still seems important to work on the basis of concrete truth - and Yancey seems fuzzy in more areas than I would like.

All in all though this is another great Yancy work - that will challenge and encourgae you in your pursuit of God. ( )
  KenMcLain | Jul 18, 2017 |
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Yancey is one of the Christian authours of our day who is readable by believer and non-believer alike. He is engaging, willing to tackle tough questions and face reality without either settling for pat answers, or drifting into academic distance. What Good Is God is not a theological tome, and so there is space for someone to dig deeper, but he has a way of putting his finger on the right question without pointing or pontificating, and that's a win. ( )
  PastorBob | Apr 24, 2017 |
Philip Yancey travels to ten very different regions of the world - from Cambridge (in the UK) to Mumbai (in India); from China to South Africa. He visits a conference for former prostitutes in Wisconsin (in the USA) and a Bible college (also in the USA). In each of these places, he describes why he is there, what he observes, and how he hopes to be able to reach out in some way to the people concerned. The second part of each of the ten chapters is a transcript of the a he gave in the situations described.

It was all interesting from a general sociological point of view, realising just how diverse humanity is, and yet how everyone has the same need to be loved and accepted. But Yancey's aim is to see how God works in each of these situations - whether the message of Jesus' love is relevant to people considered lowest of the low - or to academics, or even, ironically, those training to be professional Christians.

His conclusion seems to be that God is at work, and that he is most active amongst those whom society has rejected. He points out how Jesus ministered mostly to down-and-outs: the despised, the sick, the untouchables; his harsher words were directed only at the hypocritical Pharisees and other supposed leaders who should have known better.

I don't think Philip Yancey is capable of writing a bad book. It's not his greatest, most powerful book, but still an excellent read. Recommended to everyone - the theology is fairly low key, and I think it would be non-threatening to anyone interested in knowing what real Christians do around the world, whether or not they have any faith.
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  SueinCyprus | Jan 26, 2016 |
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The author, a journalist and spiritual seeker has always struggled with the most basic questions of the Christian faith. The question he tackles in this book concerns the practical value of belief in God. His search for the answer to this question took him to some amazing settings around the world: Mumbai, India when the firing started during the terrorist attacks; at the motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated; on the Virginia Tech campus soon after the massacre; an AA convention; and even to a conference for women in prostitution.

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