"When we catch the ball and win the game and are lauded like kings, it’s easy enough to raise the trophy high and tell the world, 'God has blessed me. Thank you God. I owe it all to you.'

"But for the have-nots, such a theology is a coal heap of condemnation. When we fumble the ball and fanatics the world over mock our failure, this kind of theology leaves us feeling both guilty and angry."

Karen Spears Zacharias, Her.meneutics, Christianity Today Online