In the matter of
The goodness of God
v.
Every reason to doubt it
Case filed 12·21·2025
The Trial of God’s Goodness
Gilles Gentley
Foreword by Dr. Randal S. Langley
Lantern Hill Press · October 15, 2026
The new book
You weren’t supposed to end up here.
Standing in the rain. Asking questions you never thought you’d ask. Wondering if the God you’ve served, trusted, and believed in is actually who He said He was.
Pain has a way of building a case. Exhibit by exhibit. Prayer that went unanswered. Loss that didn’t have to happen. Silence when you needed an answer. Before long, you’re not just hurting — you’re prosecuting. And God is the one on trial.
Still Good doesn’t rush past that courtroom. It sits in it.
Pastor and author Gilles Gentley writes from inside the valley — not from the other side of it. Through the grief of loss, the collapse of seasons he thought God had promised, and the long silence that followed, he found something that suffering alone could never give him: a verdict that didn’t depend on his circumstances.
This book won’t answer every question pain raises. But it will answer the most important one.
Can God still be trusted?
Not as a slogan. Not as a bumper sticker. As a verdict — declared at Calvary, held in the dark, spoken in the rain before you feel it.
God is still good. He was good the whole time.
The trial doesn’t have to end the way pain wants it to.
October 15, 2026
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About
Gilles Gentley is a pastor, author, and speaker from Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.
He spent years on the wrong end of addiction and homelessness before completing the fifteen-month program at Teen Challenge New England. He has been clean for more than twenty years and in ministry for most of them — leading recovery programs, serving in human services, and pastoring a church in Jericho, Vermont for seven years.
He writes for people in the hard middle of something: the ones still showing up, still asking questions, and not quite sure what to do with the answers they got. He and his wife Sarah have six children and a granddaughter. He smokes a lot of brisket and loses at fantasy football.
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Also by Gilles
Amplifying your church’s impact with technology. A practical guide to using modern tools for evangelism and outreach. Part of the ProFaith Branding Academy series.
View on Amazon Available nowIgniting your passion to discover, embrace, and fulfill your Kingdom calling. A 21-day journaling experience, part of the Inspirational Journals Project.
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Sunday mornings, men’s events, recovery gatherings, leadership retreats, conferences. In person across New England, or remote anywhere.
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