If God is Good by Randy Alcorn

I received a copy of If God Is Good by Randy Alcorn from Waterbook Multnomah Publishers in exchange for my objective review and I will admit, I have had it a good long while before finishing it and writing this review.  It's just not the type of book that you will breeze through and pick up for some entertainment or stress relief at the end of a busy day.  It is more of a reference book, something to go to when you have a question or doubt or want to find a Scripture verse to study.  Let's face it, no one enjoys talking about, reading about or certainly going through suffering, and that is the topic of this book.

Randy Alcorn, as always, does stellar research and study before writing.  I have the greatest respect for him as an author and really, a teacher.  His Biblical principles are, in my opinion, very sound.  If you are looking for someone you can trust to give you the truth about evil and suffering, Randy is spot on.  Randy himself knows what it is to suffer, so he's not just speaking of some pie-in-the-sky philosophy; he has lived some suffering.  He also interviewed and quotes many who have suffered deeply, giving us an even richer perspective.

I like the subtitle of the book, Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil.  Not faith in spite of suffering, not faith after suffering and evil have subsided, but faith in the midst.  It is possible because yes, as the book (and of course The book, The Bible) proclaim, God IS good.  All the time.  Even in suffering.