Could God Fail?: The Fate of the Universe and the Faith of Christians

Suppose the universe expands and becomes a void as most scientists think. Would that mean God failed? If that is the fate of the universe then some of our beliefs concerning God and our place in nature as well as our beliefs concerning how we should live in the world will not be borne out. From the biblical perspective it looks as though the formless void and deep darkness opposing God from the beginning prevailed in the end. Today when we consider the fate of the universe as well as the possible destruction of life on Earth it looks as though a deep darkness surrounds us. That is the idea this book considers. When we explore it we find that we refocus our understanding of faith hope and love and revitalize our view of how we should live. In brief faith in a God who challenged the formless void and deep darkness in order to create life and sustain it charges us to do the same: oppose lifelessness and be good stewards of life. Faith in an insurgent God restores authentic hope for our future and realizes its true end: not in heaven but on Earth and perhaps beyond it.