Should We Fire God? : Finding Hope in God When We Don't Understand

by Pace, Jim; Warren, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780446546140
• ISBN10: 0446546143
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-08
• Publisher: FaithWords

Summary

When the worst school shooting in history occurred, Pastor Jim Pace, a Virginia Tech alumnus, was front and center. Media, students, church members, and strangers asked him the same question: If God is loving, why doesn't He stop disasters before they start? SHOULD WE FIRE GOD is Jim's thoughtful, reasoned response to the idea that God isn't doing His job very well. In conversational, nonpreachy prose, Jim explains why God allows pain and devastation to occur--and what the consequences would be if He didn't. And he leads readers to question: if we fire God--who takes His place--woefully imperfect humans? Jim uses real-life examples and his own battles with faith to develop readers' understanding of God, His true role in their lives, what they should do with doubt and fear, and what He feels when we ache. Richly informative and comforting, SHOULD WE FIRE GOD is a must-read for seekers everywhere.

Author Biography

Jim Pace is copastor at New Life Christian Church at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. He helped found the Ecclesia Network, a group of churches discussing and learning from the emergent church movement. Jim and his wife have been married fifteen years and have three children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
The Questions Raised
A Surreal Day	p. 3
You Never Forget Your First	p. 14
The Questions Are as Old as Time	p. 36
Judging God
How Could He?	p. 49
God Can Really Make It Difficult	p. 73
A Terrible Risk	p. 96
God's Approach to Our Protection	p. 126
Where Was God That Day?	p. 154
Okay, but Is He Good?	p. 178
Searching for the Good God
A Look at Our Searching	p. 195
Praise Whatever, Whenever	p. 211
Where I Find Myself	p. 231
A Note from the Author	p. 249
Notes	p. 251
About the Author	p. 254
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