The question that never goes away like many of yanceys works are replete with quotes from other respected authors and theologians who will make you pause and consider one of the most challenging aspects of being a human in a broken world this book does not answer the question why. Why is the question that never goes away and he doesnt attempt to provide easy answers he speaks of his own experiences with suffering and of times hes been asked to counsel people who have been through horrible tragedies one point he keeps coming back to is that actions speak louder than words in these situations. The question that never goes away why by philip yancey zondervan it was 35 years ago that philip yancey wrote where is god when it hurts at the soul of that question is perhaps a bigger question that will not go away a question that has been asked from the beginning of time why. The question that never goes away why david in this book about vast tragedies you begin by telling readers about 1 death when you were an infant your father was disabled by polio he needed to use a breathing machine what then was called an iron lung