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Rumors of Another World
by Philip Yancey

reviewed by Zeus Martinez


Not everybody believes in God. Some people deny His existence while others continually live between the borders of belief and unbelief. For others, they cannot reconcile a God of love and the presence of perversions, famine and murder in this world. In their hearts, people ask, “If this is God's world, why is it so messed up?”

Philip Yancey's book, Rumors of Another World, sheds some most-needed light on the issue of the existence of God. He discusses the different clues that have been laid out in front of our own eyes---clues that point to a Holy Creator. He also reminds the reader that there are signs of another world that are within our reach yet some people continually walk on by and unknowingly ignore them. The book chooses to discuss the beauty in this earth as well as the grandeur of another's. He teaches us that God created everything because it was all meant to reflect His glory and power.

One of the more important issues that the book pursues is the one of an evil world. Some people do not understand why there is evil in the world. In this book Philip Yancey goes deep into important issues and explains why sin is to blame for the evil in this world. He talks about why each and every person has an intuitive sense of what is right and why we feel guilty when we do something wrong.

In this world, there always seems to be a feeling of a lack of completion. There are signs of disorder in this earth and they point to a Supreme God who has given us not only physical manifestations but also a deep sense of longing for something more than this earthly life.

People who do not believe in God seem like one of the two painters Yancey talks about in the book. They frequently competed to see who could paint the visible world most faithfully. The first one said, “Now I shall prove to you I am the best.”, showing the other a picture of a curtain he had painted. The other painter said, “Well draw back the curtain and let us see the picture.” “The curtain is the picture,” replied the first with a laugh. People are looking for Armageddon-like signs or divine interruptions but what we have been looking for has been staring at us in the face all along.

Romans 1:20 says, “For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse .” To those who do not believe or who are still undecided, the burden is not only to look harder for the signs but also to listen to the rumors of another world.