When Answers Aren't Enough: Experiencing God as Good When Life Isn't - Softcover

Rogers, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310286816 ISBN 13: 9780310286813

Publisher: Zondervan, 2008

Synopsis

On April 16, 2007, the campus of Virginia Tech experienced a collective nightmare when thirty-three students were killed in the worst massacre in modern U.S. history. Following that horrendous event, Virginia Tech campus pastor Matt Rogers found himself asking and being asked, 'Where is God in all of this?' The cliche-ridden, pat answers rang hollow. In this book, Matt approaches the pain of the world with personal perspective---dealing with his hurting community as well as standing over the hospital bed of his own father---and goes beyond answers, beyond theodicy, beyond the mere intellectual. When Answers Aren't Enough drives deeper, to the heart of our longing, in search of a God we can experience as good when life isn't.

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From the Publisher

Many books have dealt with the theological and intellectual question, "How can God be good when the world isn't?" But when tragedy strikes, and the pain passes from theoretical to personal, answers can feel hollow and empty.

Author Matt Rogers says, "There is a level of grief in life which, as Rich Mullins observed, `would not hurt any less, even if it could be explained.' I'm a pastor; I know how to reconcile a good God with an often evil world. I could give those answers in my sleep. But what should I do when simple solutions fail to satisfy? When the sadness is heavy and sinking, and answers aren't enough? How do I find peace in a messed up world? I believe God is good. But how do I experience him as good when grief is raining down?"

Rogers had been co-pastor of his church at Virginia Tech for only a year when thirty-three students died in the worst massacre in modern U.S. history.

"I wasn't looking for answers," Rogers says. "I knew the answers. I was searching for a way to experience God as good when the world around me appeared dark and hopeless."

In the wake of a national tragedy, author Matt Rogers takes his readers on a personal pilgrimage to find peace. Scripture says to "taste and see that the Lord is good" (Psalm 34:8). In other words, don't just believe it. Taste it. See it. Experience it. Rogers' work goes beyond answers, beyond theodicy, beyond the merely intellectual. This book drives deeper, to the heart of our longing, in search of a God we can experience as good.

From the Author

Author Matt Rogers says, "There is a level of grief in life which, as Rich Mullins observed, `would not hurt any less, even if it could be explained.' I'm a pastor; I know how to reconcile a good God with an often evil world. I could give those answers in my sleep. But what should I do when simple solutions fail to satisfy? When the sadness is heavy and sinking, and answers aren't enough? How do I find peace in a messed up world? I believe God is good. But how do I experience him as good when grief is raining down?"

Rogers had been co-pastor of his church at Virginia Tech for only a year when thirty-three students died in the worst massacre in modern U.S. history.

"I wasn't looking for answers," Rogers says. "I knew the answers. I was searching for a way to experience God as good when the world around me appeared dark and hopeless."

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0310286816
• ISBN 13: 9780310286813
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224