Comments on: Recommendation and Review: Christopher J.H. Wright’s The God I Don’t Understand

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[...] bloody book of sacrifice and war, much of it endorsed by God. Books like Christopher Wright’s The God I Don’t Understand aren’t going to sell many copies among today’s Christians, so very few Christian young [...]

By: mark

mark — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:21:53 +0000

Appreciate the good review of a fine book. I have quoted him several times in various blogs. He doesn’t run from the hard issues and as you pointed out,he is very balanced and humble in his approach.

By: Clay Knick

Clay Knick — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:54:26 +0000

A good review of a very, very good book.

By: Aliasmoi

Aliasmoi — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:24:45 +0000

Dag-nab it! Why you always gotta go messing up my resolution to read less theology and more crap?

By: Mason

Mason — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:17:55 +0000

Thanks for the review, I agree, Chris Wright has done excellent work in this book.

I got a chance to review The God i Don’t Undersand a couple months (linked below) and I really appresiated the way that Wright is willing to let some problems go rather unanswered, in the sense that while there might be better and worse ways to approach an issue, in the end there are certian things like the problem of evil that we simply are not going to answer to our satisfaction, and that’s ok.

http://newwaystheology.blogspot.com/2009/01/tough-questions-of-faith.html

By: pennyyak

pennyyak — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:49:03 +0000

I thank you very much for the review and good direct link. Despite some accepting of mystery, some other reading, I am just confounded sometimes when I read about that “other” God in parts of the Old Testament. I look forward to the book arriving.

By: Christopher Lake

Christopher Lake — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:27:25 +0000

Thanks for the review. This one looks like a must-read. The God I can completely understand is the God who can never *save* me, because He is no *better* than me!

Here’s to understanding God where we can (not exhaustively but truly), and here’s to embracing the wonder and mystery of the true God whom we will never fully understand– not even in eternity! (Isn’t that amazing?!)

By: Irenicum

Irenicum — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:51:06 +0000

Thanks so much for this review. I’ve seen his books on our shelf at our store before, but never gave much thought to what he had to say. Now I will. And BTW, “more concerned with honoring God in the study of scripture than in playing God by our own arrogant answers.” sums it up quite nicely! Very well put.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:46:53 +0000

One of the most profound pieces of advice I have ever recieved came from a priest. I had been struggling with several of the same problems that this book addresses. He looked me in the eye and said “You have to be willing to embrace the mystery of God”. It was a life changer for me. I no longer felt the need to defend or explain Him away when He did or allowed something I could not comprehend. I like it that this author seems to have given himself permission to do this as well when he eventually runs into one of those walls of incomprehension!

By: Zach Nielsen

Zach Nielsen — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:58:13 +0000

Thanks for this review. I would completely agree with your assessment of The Mission of God. So good and so foundational.

I have not read The God I Don’t Understand Yet, but it’s on the stack!