{"id":45732,"date":"2026-09-19T08:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=45732"},"modified":"2026-09-19T08:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:52:58","slug":"god-is-out-of-the-shadows-the-truth-about-god-series-2-by-delores-j-porter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=45732","title":{"rendered":"God Is Out of the Shadows: The Truth About God Series #2 by Delores J. Porter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An ambitious biblical challenge to centuries of inherited theology.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Porter mounts an impassioned challenge to conventional Christian theology in this ambitious examination of God\u2019s nature, goodness, and relationship to human suffering. The book begins with a deceptively simple question: Just who is God? From there, Porter questions whether generations of theological interpretation have obscured the God revealed through Scripture and, most clearly, through Jesus Christ. \u201cI believe that the truth about God has been in the shadows for far too long!\u201d she declares. Approaching her subject as an advocate\u2014\u201cI feel like a lawyer defending our God\u201d\u2014Porter constructs her case largely from biblical passages, frequently presenting Scripture in its broader context rather than relying on isolated verses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the heart of Porter\u2019s case is the conviction that God\u2019s character is consistent. He is loving, holy, merciful, truthful, and life-giving; therefore, teachings that portray Him as the direct source of sickness, tragedy, destruction, and premature death demand closer examination. \u201cGod is not the source of the trouble; He delights in being the deliverer out of it,\u201d Porter writes, neatly encapsulating one of the book\u2019s central arguments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Porter ranges widely, addressing free will, God\u2019s foreknowledge and omnipotence, Satan\u2019s role in suffering, Pharaoh\u2019s hardened heart, salvation, Christ\u2019s work as mediator and intercessor, and the Holy Spirit. Her discussion of Romans is central to the book, connecting sin, death, law, grace, and redemption to her larger argument that evil and destruction should not automatically be attributed to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus provides the theological anchor. Porter sees Christ\u2019s healing, forgiveness, compassion, and opposition to evil as the clearest evidence of the Father\u2019s character. Rather than accepting an image of a wrathful Father counterbalanced by a merciful Son, she argues that Jesus reveals who the Father has always been. Her emphatic assertion that \u201cThe church is rendered powerless without the truth of the Word!\u201d captures the urgency behind her scripture-centered approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Porter\u2019s expansive scope allows her to engage with a wide range of theological questions, sometimes moving briskly between complex ideas. Certain arguments receive greater emphasis than others, but her passionate commitment gives the work considerable urgency and purpose, particularly when she connects theological questions with deeply human experiences of grief, illness, and unanswered prayer. Ultimately, Porter invites Christians to reopen familiar questions and examine whether inherited theology accurately reflects the God they encounter in Christ. Fans of <em>A More Christlike God<\/em> by Brad Jersak and <em>Cross Vision<\/em> by Greg Boyd will want to take a look.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A thoughtful, uncompromising exploration of divine goodness and the theology built around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/God-Out-Shadows-Truth-About-ebook\/dp\/B0DGZ3YZ9G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy now\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Trilogy Christian Publishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date October 29, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 979-8893335873<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Price $12.99 Kindle edition, $26.85 Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ambitious biblical challenge to centuries of inherited theology. 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