Should We Fire God?: Finding Hope in God When We Don't Understand

By Jim Pace

When the worst school shooting in history occurred, Pastor Jim Pace, a Virginia Tech alumnus, was front and center. Media, students, church members, and strangers asked him the same question: If God... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446546143
• ISBN13: 9780446546140
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: FaithWords
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Helpful and Real

I loved the book, Should We Fire God? I thought it was sincere and real - loved the beginning because I felt connected to the author and the difficult question that crosses all our minds. I thought the book was really helpful and will encourage my co-workers to read it.

Excellent read

Jim Pace takes on some difficult questions and addresses them in an interesting manner which anyone can understand. A good read all around...

Great insights from experience

If you are looking for a deep philosophical book--this probably isn't it. But, if you have a background in the Christian faith, and can appreciate insights from both the scriptures and from real life as people work their way through difficulties that are both overwhelming and make little sense, then you might want to check out this book. Jim led his faith community through one of the most heart-rending campus tragedies I can imagine. He leads one of the largest campus churches in the country, and this church is in Blacksburg, VA. In April 2007, a young man shot dozens of people one morning at Virginia Tech, and an entire nation wrestled with the question "Why?" And Jim was charged with answering questions from the media during this trying time. Beyond that, he was challenged with the even greater and more important task of walking with his faith community through an ongoing period of mourning. Jim writes not from the ivory tower of theology or philosophy, but rather from the hard school of experience. I believe that this is the greatest asset of Jim's book. He's writing as someone who has had to think through some really difficult stuff about God and about human nature. In fact, in some of the closing chapters, Jim brings in another interesting thought. Maybe one's desire to fire God has a lot to do with one's own cognitive biases as well as other less wonderful things that we have chosen to invest our time and energy in. Give it a read if you are wrestling with a question about the goodness of God.

Interesting! Should We Fire God?Finding Hope in God When We Don't Understand by Jim Pace

SHOULD WE FIRE GOD? FINDING HOPE IN GOD WHEN WE DON'T UNDERSTAND by Jim Pace is an interesting Christian Living debut book.It is well written. Easy to read. It raises the question many have asked rather Christian or not " Why bad things happen?" The author has used gripping stories and experiences and ask questions dealing with hard difficult problems. He uses his own story of doubt, disbelief and tragedy. It is an refresing look and shows us how to have courage to face our deepest struggles and questions. If you enjoy throught provoking questions this is a book for you. This book was received for review and details can be found at Faith Works and My Book Addiction and More.

A raw, honest, thought-provoking look at an old question

Probably like me, the first thing that caught your eye was the title. Jim Pace didn't entitle his book Should We Fire God? just to be provocative. It's a legitimate question. In fact, it's a question that so many have wrestled with for centuries: How can God allow bad things to happen? It's one thing when we in America are asking this question about the genocide in Darfur, or the earthquake in Haiti, or a famine in the Middle East. But what about when it hits so much closer to home? Jim Price was pastoring at Virginia Tech University, when on April 16, 2007, a lone gunman opened fire on the campus killing over 30 people, including himself. Immediately Jim was forced face-to-face with this age-old question: How could this happen? Some thought, "If God couldn't keep us safe, perhaps He's not up to the job. Should we fire God?" Carefully, honestly, loving, Jim addresses this question. For him, this is not some theoretic exercise. It's personal. The emotion comes through raw and real. After weighing all the evidence and considering all of the possibilities, Jim reaches the conclusion that.... Well, you'll have to read Should We Fire God? for yourself and come up with your own conclusion. If you've ever faced heartache, if you've ever wondered how God could allow something tragic to happen, if you've ever wrestled with the thought of firing God, you will find some great thinking material in this book.