This book is good for everyone who struggles with the thought of God putting us through pain and struggles. This book review was written by Hank Griffith of South Suburban Evangelical Free Church in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Lewis, one of the most renowned Christian authors and thinkers, examines a universally applicable question within the human condition. Lewis focuses on why there is pain in the world.

He is not as God made him because of his own human choice.

Man is no longer suited toward God, himself, others, or even the universe. Urn:lcp:problemofpain00lewi_0:lcpdf:32a83133-7bd3-49d9-9803-40972587a08b Buy a cheap copy of The Problem of Pain book by C.S. Lewis suggests that there has been an essential change in the nature of man that decouples Gods creative efforts from the result of human sin. The first reason, he says, is our incomplete understanding of what it means to be good, which we equate with being kind: The real trouble is that ‘kindness’ is a quality fatally easy to attribute to. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:21:40 Boxid IA177101 Boxid_2 CH115301 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City San Francisco Donorĭanielsiders Edition 1st HarperCollins paperback ed. The problem of pain Bookreader Item Preview. Lewis argues that humans need improvement and provides several reasons why that is the case.

The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis