If you've never read C.S. Lewis' seven books The Chronicles of Narnia, you should. In the seventh book, The Last Battle, a fascinating character named Emeth is a believer in the god "Tash". The man is seen as a noble figure and his devotion to his god impresses the big-hearted lion, Aslan. Tash turns out to be a demon but Emeth is redeemed as his misdirected sincerity is righted and Aslan becomes his focus.
C.S. Lewis' genius teaches that though someone is sincere, they can be sincerely wrong. He also suggests (in my opinion) that there are second chances for those seeking God but seeking with the wrong road map. In The Arrow I chose "emeth" for the name of "the great river"; emeth is the Hebrew word for "faith."
Faith is believing without seeing...trust, that all the promises are true; simple as that.
Here is an interesting statistic: the word "faith" appears 15 times in the Old Testament, and 231 times in the New. Look it up. This disparity might make a good discussion topic for the group.
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