Luke Norsworthy - God Over Good: Saving Your Faith by Losing Your Expectations of God

Luke Norsworthys inviting, accessible, and entirely enjoyable new book is an invitation to come to know God better. Or to come to know God for the first time. Highly recommended.

James Martin, SJ , author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage and The Jesuit Guide

Lukes insight and humor come through his stories and theology in beautifully carved pieces we can savor long after the reading is over. Part memoir, part preaching, part amazing storytellingits all a gift offered by a man of great faith who has chosen God over everything. Luke is an exceptional podcaster, pastor, writer, and friend. Read his book.

Becca Stevens , author, priest, and founder of Thistle Farms

What a generous gift! Norsworthy opens wide the door of his heart to reveal his struggle to find a path through the dark woods of spiritual doubt and uncertainty. This book is alternately moving and humorous, and Luke doesnt abandon us in the now-all-too-familiar landscape of religious cynicism but instead joyfully leads us into the land of hope and resurrection.

Ian Morgan Cron , author of The Road Back to You ; host of the podcast Typology

God over Good , by turns hilarious and heartbreaking, is the urgent, raw, and honest story of a pastor who almost lost his faith. Luke Norsworthy challenges usthe cynics and the skeptics aliketo find God beyond our expectations. Blessed, indeed, are those who leap.

Richard Beck , author of Unclean , Reviving Old Scratch , and Stranger God

Luke does such a brave job in this booktelling the truth, asking the questions many of us arent willing to ask (but hear in our heads), and walking us all toward honesty and freedom and the person we really want to be. God over Good will rescue you in ways you didnt know you needed rescuing. Thats what it did for me too. Im forever grateful.

Annie F. Downs , bestselling author of Days to Brave and Looking for Lovely

Despite all the chiding that they just need to have faith, that doubt needs to be doubted, and that they can abound in confidence, many believers still struggle with uncertainty. But thankfully that does not mean they dont belong among the faithful! In this debut bookless apologetics and more a collection of stories of faithNorsworthy points such people toward those resources where fresh courage and risky faith for the long journey are formedresources such as Scripture, the community of believers, and ultimately, the risen Christ. One of the highest compliments I can offer is true about this work: it is spiritually honest!

Mike Cope , director of ministry outreach, Pepperdine University

Beneath the gentle humor of this book, there is a serious wrestling with a most profound truth. Any faith worth having cannot be with a god of our wishes but only with the God who authentically meets us in Jesus, Scripture, life, and suffering. As Luke shows, this means we must give up much of what we expected, but oh, what we gain!

Randy Harris , professor of Bible, missions, and ministry, Abilene Christian University

This is the Luke Ive come to know and love as a friend and fellow pastorrefreshingly honest, exceedingly bright, and unapologetically faithful. God over Good is an indispensable companion for anyone wrestling with a faith that doesnt fit their old categories but who hopes to discover that God is with them in their spiritual evolution.

Jason Adam Miller , founder and lead pastor of South Bend City Church

Luke transparently shares the struggle many have with a faith focused on certain answer because that type of faith ends up delivering only more questions . But Luke doesn t leave us there ; he shows us a way to the other side of cynicism . God isn t what we always expect , but God is always beautiful . There is life and love on the other side of simplicity , and Luke guides us toward it .

Fr. Richard Rohr , author of Everything Belongs and Falling Upward

In God over Good , Luke Norsworthy writes with pastoral concern and personal candor as he insightfully and often humorously navigates the challenges to a sustained Christian faith. Norsworthy helps us understand that what may initially threaten our faith can actually become the catalyst to a far deeper and richer faith. As Norsworthy points out, This death, burial, and resurrection isnt just an event but a lifestyle.

Brian Zahnd , lead pastor of Word of Life Church, St. Joseph, Missouri; author of Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God