For For readers facing loss, illness or hard questions who want short essays on trusting God in them; not a philosophical treatment of suffering.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
4 of 5strongly recommended
For the researcher
2 of 5useful
Difficulty
1 of 5light
Short essays on hard questions, from birthdays to funerals, abortion and divorce, on bringing one's questions to God.
How it proceeds
Philosophic1 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential4 of 5
Sociological2 of 5
Historical0 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
On Asking God Why: And Other Reflections on Trusting God in a Twisted World (Fleming H. Revell, 1989) is a collection of Elisabeth Elliot's meditations on everyday and difficult questions, from another birthday to funerals, abortion and divorce. Its subjects include suffering, sickness, death and confusion, and its argument, given its title by the first essay, is that fears are to be faced by bringing one's questions to God. Revell reissued it in 2021.
