A pastor who found himself in the national spotlight following a campus killing spree addresses the question of suffering in a book released around the third anniversary of the headline-making event.

Jim Pace, co-pastor of New Life Christian Fellowship in Blacksburg, Va., answered questions from media personalities such as Larry King and Anderson Cooper after a gunman opened fire at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, killing 33.

Now Pace recalls the experience and discusses the nature of God in Should We Fire God?: Finding Hope in God When We Don't Understand, releasing next month by FaithWords.

Featuring a foreword by Rick Warren, Pace's book addresses common questions Christians and non-believers have about why suffering exists and why it seems God doesn't intervene.

"The really sticky issues for me have always dealt with why a God who claims to be capable, loving and aware could allow such suffering to occur for so long," Pace writes. "Difficult questions about God's job performance come at us in the midst of lives that are raging at full speed, and I believe God would honestly like to interact with us about them."

Read more in the April issue of Christian Retailing magazine.

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