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A review by jbrundage
A Curious Faith: The Questions God Asks, We Ask, and We Wish Someone Would Ask Us by Seth Haines, Lore Ferguson Wilbert
5.0
Like my friend Catherine mentioned in her review, I’m really glad this book exists. As someone who was taught harmful lies throughout Church growing up, this was a refreshing read. I grew up often being afraid to ask God questions, especially tough ones. Who was I, some sinner asking a perfect God why he allowed certain things to happen. Lore’s writing beautifully shows you the Saints of old asking tough questions, and God encouraging that. Lore helped me see throughout scripture God constantly wanting people to feel safe in approaching Him, but I was never taught that when I was younger. God cares more about His approachability than the posture of my approach.
Lore perfectly described the Gospel I was taught growing up while answering the question, How Can I Be Right With You? She writes “ I want an answer to the question “How can I be right with you, God?” And I want the answer to not be that He has already made me right with him through the work of Jesus on the cross. I want the answer to be that there is something I have to do, some recompense I can make, some debt I can pay, some score I can satisfy. I want the bad core of me to be made good by me.
The thing is, though, none of the works.”
If you are someone who at times has tough questions or even doubt at times, you should read this book.
Lore perfectly described the Gospel I was taught growing up while answering the question, How Can I Be Right With You? She writes “ I want an answer to the question “How can I be right with you, God?” And I want the answer to not be that He has already made me right with him through the work of Jesus on the cross. I want the answer to be that there is something I have to do, some recompense I can make, some debt I can pay, some score I can satisfy. I want the bad core of me to be made good by me.
The thing is, though, none of the works.”
If you are someone who at times has tough questions or even doubt at times, you should read this book.