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 PrintableVersion Where is God in a messed-up worldTo give awayWHERE IS GOD IN A MESSED-UP WORLD? ‘Tracts with a twinkle’ is how I remember the author on his stand at the FIEC Bible Week — if you caught his eye, he pressed a bundle of tracts into your hand! Carswell’s passion both for evangelism and literature are again seen in this book tackling the question of suffering in relation to God’s love and, unusually, the approach takes a gospel format (searching for God, finding God, and living with God . . . in a messed-up world). Throughout, Carswell roots the Bible’s teaching in excellent case studies giving real-life experiences of individuals. It is easy to read, despite the difficult issues involved, and there are many perceptive quotations, e.g. from a hymn — God is ‘too wise to make mistakes, too good to be unkind’ and, from Steve Brady, ‘be humble for what you do not know, and be patient for what you will one day know’. The author has experienced depression himself and shows that, ‘As God, he [God] does not have to explain himself to us. And yet he has made himself known to us.’ Though not a deep theological treatise (one sentence on p.30 is perhaps controversial on two counts: ‘It is not that God has gender, but that he has personality, he feels and experiences emotions), it is clearly what it sets out to be: a readable, honest, passionately evangelistic look at a difficult issue. Consequently the book would be useful to give to thinking non-Christians, or troubled believers . . . to whom could you give a copy? Richard John, © Evangelicals Now - October 2006 |
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