Of all of the books that I've read related to Christian living, If God Is Good ranks near the top of the list.
Randly Alcorn not only tells us how to live in the midst of grief, heartache, hardship, disappointment, and disillusionment, but he does so with a very Biblical approach. He also does so with amazing wisdom and compassion.
For the person who struggles with death, pain, suffering, and other forms of evil, Alcorn compassionately addresses these issues from a biblical perspective and comes up with the right answers. He does the same for those who wish to comfort their troubled loved ones.
The strength of the book is not only its biblical approach, but its balanced approach. Alcorn blends compassion with wisdom, biblical truth with the insight of experience, and takes difficult philosophical issues and presents them in an understandable form.
Through the years I've read many different apologetic texts as well as texts that address the problem of evil. Counseling texts, I have read, too. This book combines the best of each of these forms and gives to us an amazing theodicy, but also a great discussion of evil and how to deal with it.
This book has something for practically every person who struggles with the problem of evil. Does one wish to read a theological discussion? It's in the book. Does one desire to consider various philosophical approaches to the problem of evil? It's here in this book. What about how to deal with evil and how to help those who are suffering? Alcorn covers it.
I highly recommend this book to everyone who wrestles with the problem of evil, or who wishes to help someone who is struggling with pain and suffering.