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What Good Is God?
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What Good Is God? (2010) (edit title/settings)

In Search of a Faith That Matters

by Philip Yancey (Author) (edit contributors)

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Journalist and spiritual seeker Philip Yancey has always struggled with the most basic questions of the Christian faith. The question he tackles in WHAT GOOD IS GOD? concerns the practical value of belief in God. His search for the answer to this question took him to some amazing settings... read more

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In late November 2008 my wife and I were completing a tour of India sponsored by my publisher.

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1. The Story Behind the Search

Part I. VIRGINIA TECH: CAMPUS MASSACRE
2. The Cruelest Month
3. Where Is God When It Hurts?

Part II. CHINA: WINDS OF CHANGE
4. Underground Rumblings
5. From the Bottom Up

Part III. GREEN LAKE: PROFESSIONAL SEX WORKERS
6. At the Low, You Cry for Help
7. Grace, like Water, Flows Downward

PART IV. CAMBRIDGE: REMEMBERING C.S. LEWIS
8. Apostle to the Skeptics
9. Straddling Two Worlds

Part V. BIBLE COLLEGE: STUDENT DAZE
10. Life in a Bubble
11. I Wish I'd Known

Part VI. SOUTH AFRICA: BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS
12. The Unlikeliest Lot
13. Growing in Grace

Part VII. MEMPHIS: AN ALTERNATIVE VISION
14. Out of Ashes
15. Upon This Rock

Part VIII. MIDDLE EAST: CHURCH AT RISK
16. Sand Dunes and Skyscrapers
17. Stream in the Desert

Part IX. CHICAGO: A PLACE FOR MISFITS
18. The Comedy and the Tragedy
19. Why I Wish I Was an Alcoholic

Part X. MUMBAI: A MARATHON OF HORROR
20. Tour, Interrupted
21. Grace Under Fire

Afterthoughts: What Good Is God?

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  1. Philip Yancey (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Faith Words
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0446559857
Page Count: 287

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