I was able to move into my new apartment this week, but it will still be a few days before I get the internet. In the meantime, I’ve been reading The God I Don’t Understand: Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith
by Christopher Wright.

The book has been incredible so far. It’s very refreshing to see a biblical scholar talk about the fact that he doesn’t have all the answers, and still have hope and faith. The introduction is telling about this. In it Wright speaks of a conversation he had with some fellow believers over dinner. This conversation on the topic of suffering served as the impetus for the book. Just because we don’t have an answer for the explicit origin of evil- apparently a mystery sovereignly kept by God (Deut 29:29)- does not mean we cannot trust or believe in the God who is putting everything right. Certainly, we have the origin of intrusion into life itself in Genesis 3, and we have the biblical narrative from 3:15 to Revelation of what He is doing about it. Wright tackles some weighty issues, and I’m pretty excited to continue digging in with him.

Chris Wright has written some fantastic books- and I have yet to read one I don’t like. Here are some other books by him:

-The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative
-Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament
-Salvation Belongs to Our God: Celebrating the Bible’s Central Story (Christian Doctrine in Global Perspective)