Product Description
On April 16, 2007, the campus of Virginia Tech experienced a collective nightmare when thirty-three students were killed in the worst massacre in modern U.S. history. Following that horrendous event, VA Tech campus pastor Matt Rogers found himself asking and being asked, “Where is God in all of this?” The cliché-ridden, pat answers rang hollow. In this beautifully written reflection, Rogers illumines the path for experiencing God as truly good when life isn’t.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 30 reviews)

In the wake of Virginia Tech

What an amazing book that cuts to the heart of how we experience God in the midst of great tragedy and death. Gave me a new perspective on walking with God in a broken world.
October 06, 2008

Help for the Grieving

When Answers Aren't Enough, Experiencing God as Good When Life Isn't by Matt Rogers is a great help to those that are grieving and for those wanting to help those who are in the grieving process. The author discusses the horror of the Virginia Tech shootings. Where is God? How can I find him? He talks about death and our reactions to tradgedy and of finding a reason or resoning for why these things occur. He talks of how you can handle this type of situation for yourself and for those who are suffering from a tradgedy. This book is a great way to reach out to those in mourning and offers insite to reach out to the suffering and find the road to wellness. I would recommend to everyone to have a copy of this book on hand.

September 15, 2008

Heartfelt and Helpful Dialogue

When Answers Aren't Enough is a work of deep expression and emotions put onto paper for all to see straight from the heart of Matt Rogers. Through this book, Matt was able to retell what it was like to be part of the Virgina Tech family during their extreme loss, but it goes well beyond that as well. He delves into many different examples of tragedy where people have screamed, "There is no God! He would not let this happen, if there was", and takes the reader past dwelling on the questions.

Truly answers are not enough for comprehending heart break, but usually it is not unless we are past the questions that we can truly see that fact in front of us. This book is a painful and pleasant journey through pain and the after thought. It is a well written conversation between Matt and the reader, and it is one that I suggest everyone should take part in experiencing.

God is good, and is always good, while life wavers on what it seems to want to be. But through the bad in life we can then see the good in God. I'd suggest this book as a read for anyone and everyone. This is a dictation of what really matters, and that's Christ, our Lord God and his will and design.
September 15, 2008

A wonderful book that inspires hope

Mark Rogers' "When Answers Aren't Enough" is a heartbreaking and hopeful read, not offering answers for how to handle tragedy, but rather pointing the reader to the ultimate source of comfort, God. The novel is broken into three parts. Part One introduces the grim reality that is life. Part Two takes you back to the perfect beginning of life as God intended it to be. Part Three offers hope for the future as God's will is accomplished.

The stories within these pages of this emotional novel are told by the author with raw frankness and great courage. The end notes are a helpful source of additional information.

August 09, 2008

Strugglin

Matt Rogers tries to unlock that nagging question that haunts those who have experienced tragedy in their lives--"Why would God allow this?" However, this well written narrative feels more like one man's struggle to try to come to terms with a good God in a bad situation and finding Him (which is encouraging) but doesn't necessarily meet his intended goal of being an example to help others come to the same conclusion. I often felt more depressed and empathetic for him, rather than translating it to helping others or myself feel better. (Kind of like having to read Lametations in the Bible only on good days so I don't have a black cloud over my head.) It is possible, however, that this book will mean more to those who also went through a horrendous experience like the VT killings and may have similar unanswered questions. Still worth a read.
June 22, 2008

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