{"product_id":"9780857216724","title":"Why Isn't God Nice?: Trusting His Awful Goodness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGod is with us, but we often don't see Him at work because we fail to understand who He is or how He works\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLongtime pastor and director of Open Doors, Kurt Bruner explores knowing God as He is rather than as we wish Him to be. Doing so requires confronting some unsettling questions. We celebrate a God who is nice—who rescues, rewards, and redeems.\u003cbr\u003eBut what about when He deserts, disciplines, and damns? Is God schizophrenic, moving in and out of opposing personalities? One minute, gentle shepherd; the next, angry judge? How does that reconcile with the image of God popular in evangelical churches—loving, forgiving, and shepherding us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we worship only part of God we worship a false God. Below the surface—on the level of reality that goes deeper than sentimental feelings—we know that if God is only love, He isn't enough. He must also be absolutely just, dreadfully mighty, and perfectly holy. He needs to reward what is right. But He also must punish what is wrong. He needs to redeem the lost. But He must also thwart the wicked. Yet we seem to prefer the partial phony to the awful reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Isn't God Nice?\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds why a God of love sometimes seems so unloving. And how a person going through hard times can learn to embrace a God who allows such difficult circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lion Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031785554160,"sku":"9780857216724","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857216724_p0.jpg?v=1763834320","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857216724","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}