In the Bible, Jacob works for Rachel for seven years but we're told that the time passes as if only a day or two. That is love. In this romance, Tucker Townsend has left the small town of his childhood for "the big bad world" as Ginny puts it and has made his mark as a journalist. He once loved Ginny, but she doubts that he still does until he returns home and asks her to lead him back to God.
While Ginny's faith has remained strong, Tucker has lost his somewhere between the warring factions in Africa and the suicide bombings he's covered in the Middle East. The question of "If God, why evil?" comes up and the author handles it pretty well. The plot involves Tucker regaining his faith by becoming an example to a local group of kids. The kids are supposed to be troublemakers, but they're not nearly as bad as real-life gangs are.
My only problem with the story is the lack of characterization. Tom is supposed to the be the leader of this gang, but he doesn't offer any resistance to help in the form of Tucker's suggestions. Riley, a man who asks Ginny to marry him, disappears around the second or third chapters, and is never heard from again.
C.S. Lewis wrote: "As an atheist, my argument against God was that the world seemed cruel and unjust." This is also Tucker's problem; he sees firsthand the evil that men can do and can't reconcile this with a benevolent God. However, Lewis then goes on: "But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?" This realization led Lewis out of atheism and eventually into Christianity. Tucker also comes to realize that you can't know evil unless you know good.
While Ginny's faith has remained strong, Tucker has lost his somewhere between the warring factions in Africa and the suicide bombings he's covered in the Middle East. The question of "If God, why evil?" comes up and the author handles it pretty well. The plot involves Tucker regaining his faith by becoming an example to a local group of kids. The kids are supposed to be troublemakers, but they're not nearly as bad as real-life gangs are.
My only problem with the story is the lack of characterization. Tom is supposed to the be the leader of this gang, but he doesn't offer any resistance to help in the form of Tucker's suggestions. Riley, a man who asks Ginny to marry him, disappears around the second or third chapters, and is never heard from again.
C.S. Lewis wrote: "As an atheist, my argument against God was that the world seemed cruel and unjust." This is also Tucker's problem; he sees firsthand the evil that men can do and can't reconcile this with a benevolent God. However, Lewis then goes on: "But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?" This realization led Lewis out of atheism and eventually into Christianity. Tucker also comes to realize that you can't know evil unless you know good.
