R. C. Sproul wrote his book When Worlds Collide: Where is God? Shortly after the 9/11 attacks.
In its five chapters, he looks at the meaning of the term “worldview,” and how the three strands of a worldview interrelate. Then, he looks at the doctrine of Providence and specifically that fact that God must be Sovereign over all – both peace and calamity. In the third chapter, he addresses the oxymoron of “senseless suffering,” showing that all suffering must have meaning. Then, he looks at why the God of mercy must also be the God of wrath. He ends by showing that it is only in the cross that one can find peace in a world of terror.
This is a thought-provoking book – one that I hope to use in a adult study in the near future.
The one area that might be improved is in this book being written so soon after 9/11, Sproul speculates on how things might change vis-a-vis worldviews in the future. Ten years later, we have some answers – answers that would benefit by being addressed in and afterward or a new edition of the book.
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