Where Is God When Bad Things Happen?

Suffering. Its stubborn inevitability prompts our deepest doubts about life as well as a profound search for meaning. Why do we suffer? Why must we lose the ones we love? Why must each of us face sickness and death? If God exists, where is God when these things happen?International evangelist Luis Palau has seen desperate suffering in the lives of millions of people all over the world and has experienced it in his own life. In "Where is God When Bad Things Happen?", Palau helps those in pain come to grips with the crushing adversities of life by directing them to the limitless resources found in God. Without side-stepping the most difficult questions or slipping into the pat answers of a merely intellectual faith, Palau provides encouragement and hope to those who sorely need both.Although helpful to readers already committed in their faith, this book is especially intended for those who are still searching and who wonder where God could be in times of trouble. Instead of an academic treatise on "the problem of evil", "Where is God When Bad Things Happen?" is an empathetic exploration of divine action in the midst of terrible pain.