2014-09-19T11:19:46Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/when-life-and-beliefs-collidetag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/886/33742014-09-19T11:19:46ZSursumCorda<p>Obviously this is a comment I &quot;set aside&quot; to think about, and then never got back to. I only saw it now because I was closing off comments due to spam. But I'll wait a little longer to do so, and add the only answer that makes sense to me. The people who see God as unfaithful, as having greatly let them down are not liars, and &quot;they never really believed&quot; is a cop-out of major proportions. I no longer remember whence in the book I pulled that quote, so I can't try to speak for the author, but the only answer that makes sense to me—if we hold that God is truly good and not capricious—is that the race is not over yet, or at least we have not seen the finish line.</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/886/33732013-06-27T21:17:43ZKathy Lewis<p>In response to the quote:</p> <p>[T]he Father’s glory—his reputation—is on the line in our race. God’s glory cannot be separated from what he does, from his plan for you and for me. God cannot be glorified if his goodness breaks down along the way. If he fails to be good for a split second, or if even one runner crosses the finish line with a negative report of his faithfulness, then shame will displace glory. The promise of God’s glory is the guarantee that no story will put God to shame; they all will only add to the mounting evidence of his great goodness.</p> <p>So how do we then respond to someone who sees God as having been unfaithful? Do we just write them off with &quot;they never really believed&quot;? Or &quot;they're lying&quot;? Plenty of people feel that God has seriously let them down. Our theology needs to somehow take that into account.</p>