Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud

Philip Yancey

Dec 2008 · Zondervan · Narrated by J. C. Howe and Jay Charles

About this audiobook

Many of us experience times when life with God seems to fall short of our expectations—when we feel let down by God, hurt, or abandoned.

This is something most people don't talk about—until now.

In this classic work of Christian integrity and spiritual investigation, Philip Yancey gives us permission to look directly into our doubts and reckon with them. He uncovers the real and lasting hope that can be found in the midst of darkness and disillusion, exploring three questions that Christians wonder about but rarely feel permission to voice:

• If God is so hungry for relationship with us, why does he seem so distant?
• If God cares for us, why do bad things happen?
• If God's promises are true, why do they feel so far off from personal experience?

With his gift for articulating and answering some of the most honest, complex issues of faith, Philip Yancey points you beyond doubt and hardship to a stronger, wiser faith, a confidence in God's deep love, and a thirst to reach not just for what God gives, but for who God is.

Included in the 25th anniversary edition is a study guide with questions about these perplexing crises of faith that the author confronts.

Spanish edition also available.

Ratings and reviews

this book both challenged my faith & confirmed it. much of human experience is beyond our control & doesn't make sense from pure human perspective. Yancey acknowledges this while giving a basis for belief that perseveres in its wake.

About the author

Philip Yancey previously served as editor-at-large for Christianity Today magazine. He has written thirteen Gold Medallion Award-winning books and won two ECPA Book of the Year awards, for What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew. Four of his books have sold over one million copies. He lives with his wife in Colorado. Learn more at philipyancey.com.