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What does God think of us when we fail? Does he think You're a loser. There's no hope for you. What a wimp! You're good for nothing! Or does he think something very different? If you've ever lost a job or a relationship, let your friends down, seen your finances collapse, found your ministry crumbling or failed to meet your own ethical standards, you might wonder if recovery is possible. Perhaps you've wondered if you can ever repair the damage done to others, to yourself and to your relationship with God. Steve Roy has good news for you. He had to face his own failures, but his failures also drove him deep into what God thinks about us and success, especially in Christian ministry. He searched deeply in Scripture and listened carefully to the stories of others. He found that God's view of success is very different from ours. And that a biblically grounded view of success and failure challenges our preconceived notions but leads to hopeful renewal that goes beyond what we often ask or think.
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"I freely, though painfully, admit that fear of failure has shaped far too much of the way that I think and act. As a pastor, I also regularly counsel with folks staring what they perceive as failure in the face and being overcome by it. Personally and professionally, I consider Dr. Roy's insights a welcome gift that expose the core lies that too often shackle me and those I serve, and drive us ba
Rev. Jeff Chadwick, senior pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Rome, GA
"Embedded in many cultures are the beliefs that we get what we deserve and if we do the right things and try hard enough, we will not fail. What God Thinks When We Fail provides a tender and hopeful countercultural reminder that for the Christian, God is the definer of our success, and that Scripture is rife with human failings redeemed through grace. Roy persuades us to ask: How might we dare to love and serve others if we lived as beloved children of God, free from fear of failure?"
Susan Greener, Ph.D., associate professor of intercultural studies at Wheaton College