Standing up to God expounds those Bible passages that show us the darker side of God - including Gods command to Abraham to sacrifice his own son, Jacob wrestling with God, Job deprived of all he holds most dear and Jesus tortured words on the cross Why have you forsaken me?. Anthony Phillips takes these stories where people come face to face with Gods apparently irrational enmity and deals with them with great clarity and integrity. He brings us to see that in this darkness, true light is to be found.