Just released by James Emery White

Wrestling with God: Loving the God We Sometimes Don’t Understand
InterVarsity Press, 2008

About the Book
Recipient of an Award of Merit from Christianity Today! (Originally published as Embracing the Mysterious God.)

"Wrestling with God is an anointed book. As I read, I felt constrained to stop frequently to think, to take notes, to reflect on my own spiritual journey and, finally, to thank God for such a rich feast of thought and insight."
—Gordon MacDonald, author of Ordering Your Private World and Mid-Course Correction

"James Emery White lays bare the tension points--doubt, confusion, resentment--that stifle true intimacy with God. By walking us through our deepest struggles to understand God, White is just the person to chip away at the wall separating us from our deepest desires to know and be known by God and each other."
—Dr. John Maxwell, author, speaker and founder of The INJOY Group

"Embracing the Mysterious God is relevant, fresh, honest and forthright. In this most readable book, James E. White wrestles with the mysteries of our great and majestic God with a remarkable sensitivity to the struggles and doubts of faithful Christ-followers and seekers as well. Those who read this book carefully and reflectively will indeed be drawn to embrace God faithfully and to love him fully with heart, soul, mind and strength."
—David S. Dockery, seminary president and editor of Shaping a Christian Worldview

"When we first come to faith, it is as if a light comes on. Everything seems so clear, clean, simple. Later, when we have to wrestle with disappointments with God, ourselves and others, we wonder what has happened. If Christ is 'the answer,' why do we have so many questions? Writing honestly out of his own experience, James Emery White helps us to see the paradox: that it is precisely in embracing the darkness--not avoiding it--that the light shines on! I recommend this book heartily. It will help us to know God more fully, understand and accept ourselves more realistically, and live our lives in Christ more authentically."
—Leighton Ford, President, Leighton Ford Ministries

"While many recent books have addressed the difficulties of maintaining a deep, intimate relationship with God, White's contribution offers remarkable clarity of thought. [He] structures his discussion around the 'Great Commandment': to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and then to turn that love outward to others. Without giving simplistic answers, White provides insightful and encouraging guidance. . . . The book's moving, well-crafted illustrations--from the faith wrestlings of a young Mother Teresa to a moving story from Corrie ten Boom's childhood--give color and depth to the discussion. Reflecting a breadth of knowledge, this book will appeal to more educated readers, yet its accessibility and brevity will give it a much wider audience."
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)


. . .well-written and clear. . .White's book is a good, solid starting place for college students and others in the beginning stages of theosophical research.
—Laurie J. Wolcott for The Christian Librarian


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