Disappointment with God

{{Short description|1988 book by Philip Yancey}}

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| name = Disappointment with God:
Three Questions No One Asks Aloud

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| alt = The words "DISAPPOINTMENT WITH GOD" in black above a red horizontal line above the words "Three questions no one asks aloud" in purple above the words "Philip Yancey" in blue

| caption = First edition cover

| author = Philip Yancey

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| subject = Disappointment
Personal relationship with God
Theodicy

| genre = Christian devotional literature

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| published = 1988 (Zondervan)

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| pages = 260

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| isbn = 978-0-310-51780-1

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| oclc = 875553

| dewey = 231.7

| congress = BT102.Y36 1988

| preceded_by = NIV Student Bible

| followed_by = I Was Just Wondering

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| website = http://philipyancey.com/disappointment-with-god

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Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud is a book written by Philip Yancey and published by Zondervan in 1988.{{sfn|Yancey|1988}} It is one of Yancey's early bestsellers.{{Cite news|work=Network Norfolk|author=Wiltshire, Mike|title=Philip Yancey Shares His Secrets in Norwich|date=May 19, 2011|url=http://www.networknorwich.co.uk/Articles/261387/Network_Norwich_and_Norfolk/Resources/Culture/Philip_Yancey_shares_his_secrets_in_Norwich.aspx|accessdate=September 4, 2015}} Library Journal reviewer Elise Chase called the book "extraordinarily empathetic and persuasive; highly recommended".{{Cite journal|journal=Library Journal|title=Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud by Philip Yancey|author=Chase, Elise|date=January 1, 1989|volume=114|issue=1|page=90}} Mark DeVries of The Christian Century reviewed the book and wrote that, through the book, Yancey "cuts through the pollyannaish denials that so often characterize evangelical treatment of unbelief, disappointment and unanswered prayer".{{Cite journal|journal=The Christian Century|title=Books: Disappointment with God|author=DeVries, Mark E.|date=March 1, 1989|volume=106|issue=7|page=237}} The Christian Bookstore Journal listed Disappointment with God as the fifth-bestselling Christian book in 1989.{{Cite news|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|title=Things Are Looking Up: Christian Books Are Selling Well|author=O'Briant, Don|date=July 11, 1989|page=C1|url=https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&AID=9UNI002400&an=atjc000020011116dl7b00qx3&cat=a&ep=ASI|accessdate=September 4, 2015}} {{subscription required}} In a 1991 Ministry review, Daniel Guild calls the book "Yancey at his superlative best".{{Cite news|work=Ministry|title=Book Review: Disappointment with God|author=Guild, Daniel R.|date=August 1991|url=https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/1991/08/disappointment-with-god|accessdate=September 4, 2015}} In 2000, Jim Remsen of The Philadelphia Inquirer called the title of the book evocative.{{Cite news|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|title=An Honest Broker for Christian Faith: Best-Selling Author Philip Yancey Helps People with the Tough Issues of Doubt, Failure, Suffering and Other Conundrums|page=J7|date=October 15, 2000|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=452W-NVB0-0190-X44J&csi=270944,270077,11059,8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true|accessdate=September 4, 2015}} {{subscription required}} A 2001 article in U.S. Catholic states that Disappointment with God demonstrates Yancey's willingness to address difficult questions.{{Cite journal|journal=U.S. Catholic|title=Putting Faith in Doubt: The Editors Interview Philip Yancey|date=February 1, 2001|page=18|volume=66|issue=2|url=https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&AID=9UNI002400&an=ucat000020010713dx2100016&cat=a&ep=ASI|accessdate=September 4, 2015}} {{subscription required}} In 2002, Mike Collins of the Charleston Gazette-Mail recommended the book for rape victims.{{Cite news|work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|title=When Times are Tough, Some People Find it Necessary to Blame God: Essays on Faith|author=Collins, Mike|date=June 2, 2002|url=https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&AID=9UNI002400&an=cgaz000020020604dy620001w&cat=a&ep=ASI|accessdate=September 4, 2015}} {{subscription required}} In 2005, Christian apologist William Lane Craig wrote that he "enjoyed reading Disappointment with God and found much of it to be meaningful and poignant", but that he disagreed with the thesis of the book.{{sfn|Craig|2005|p=78}} Hong Kong film director Clement Cheng read the book and called it thought-provoking.{{Cite news|work=South China Morning Post|title=Play List: Clement Cheng, Film Director|date=May 29, 2011|url=https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&AID=9UNI002400&an=SCMCOM0020110530e75t0001f&cat=a&ep=ASI|accessdate=September 4, 2015}} {{subscription required}}