Author Spotlight: Bob Page
October 10, 2025
Bob Page is the chief of chaplains for Marketplace Chaplains, a ministry with 2,100 chaplains serving 1.5 million employees and family members since 2022. A retired military chaplain, Bob knows firsthand the trials that come with living in a fallen world. Bob has an MDiv from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a DMin from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of God Is Still for You, which releases October 21st, 2025 and is available wherever books are sold.What advice or encouragement would you give someone who is struggling to believe that God is still for them?
Bob: I would say, look for the people God prepares and sends to help you. During my recent experience with open-heart surgery, again and again I was moved to thank God for the kindness and competence of people who were there to help me. Let me give you just one example. When my wife and I showed up at the appointed time and place on the day of my surgery, we were still in shock that I needed an open-heart triple bypass. I never imagined such a thing happening to me. I’m known as something of a health and fitness geek in my family. In my seventieth year, I challenged a state champion high school football team to a push-up contest—and won! So, yes, it was a shock that I was about to have open-heart surgery. It seemed unfair. Where was God in all this? Even though my wife and I were trying to put on brave faces, we were scared rabbits when we arrived at the surgical check-in desk deep in the tower dedicated to cardiac care in an intimidatingly huge Houston hospital.
Everything changed when someone said, “Let me get Mary for you.” Mary walked through the double doors and suddenly there was a sense of calm. She was the chief shepherd in that unit for all of us anxious patients waiting for heart surgery. It was a job she had done for decades, and she was perfect for the role: confident, warm, welcoming, genuine, and supremely competent. Later, after I was in intensive care, Mary appeared beside my bed. She had finished her shift and had come to check on me. We engaged in a little small talk, and I discovered we shared Louisiana roots. She had a small vial of oil in her hand from which she anointed my head and the soles of my feet as she prayed for me. I knew that Mary was doing the good work God had prepared long ago for her to do. I saw in her care the favor of God. I knew that even in this hard season, God was with me. I knew God was for me. As Mr. Rogers’s mother famously said, when life is scary, “look for the helpers.” Exactly! And I believe the helpers are evidence that God is for us even when life is hard.
What is one Bible story or passage that strikes you personally, and why?
Bob: Romans 8:28 is one I discuss in God Is Still for You. It’s a go-to verse when life is hard. The translation that’s familiar to most people reminds us that “in all things God works for the good of those who love him” (NIV). While it’s true that God works through things that are good and bad for our good and his glory, I believe there is a better translation maybe closer to the idea Paul had in mind. It’s included in the NIV’s footnote. It says, “In all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good.” The first translation says God is the one who works. In the second translation, it's clear that God works and we work together with him. We are not passive spectators in our stewardship of the good times and the hard times that come our way. In 1 Corinthians 3:9 Paul says, “We are labourers together with God” (KJV). We should never put a candy coating on the bad things that happen. Bad things are bad. The good news is that even when bad things happen, if we trust God and work together with him, he will accomplish something good in us, through us, and for us.
Who are some of the main people around you who first helped you bring this book to life?
Bob: My wife has been a constant source of encouragement through the years-long process of bringing this book to life. I would never have finished this book without her. My good friend and NYT best-selling author, Kent Whitaker, was one of the first people to read a portion from the book and strongly encourage me to pitch it at the Christian writers’ conference at Mount Hermon Conference Center. That led me to literary agent Karen Neumair with Credo Communications. Karen helped me prepare a book proposal and connected me with Kregel. I’ll always be grateful for the way she believed in this project and persistently advocated for it.
One other unlikely person who was instrumental in bringing this book to life was a man incarcerated at a prison near where we live. I was invited to speak in their chapel service one Sunday afternoon. It was about the same time I had the idea of writing a book that would encourage people going through hard times. I had just written the first chapter of what became God Is Still for You to test the water. Without mentioning anything about the possibility of a book, I shared a story and several Bible verses from that chapter in my message. After the service there was a group of men dressed in all white prison garb lined up to talk with me or ask for prayer. There was a man at the end of the line who waited patiently to speak to me. When I shook his hand, he said, “You should write a book and put that message in it,” and then he left. Wow! That was a huge encouragement to me to press on even though I’d never written a book before. Even though I felt inadequate, I heard his message as encouragement from God to press on with the book.
How did your experience serving in the Air Force and as the chief of chaplains for Marketplace Chaplains inform what you wrote in this book?
Bob: During my time in the Air Force and with Marketplace Chaplains, I’ve had the opportunity to walk with many dear ones who are suffering. They had been wounded by some great unwanted and usually unexpected hardship that had invaded their life. Many were twice wounded because their faith had been shaken. They started doubting what they believed about God and themselves. They wondered if God was punishing them. They were asking a question like Gideon asked, “If the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?” (Judges 6:13). In other words, “Is God still for us?” Much of the content of this book comes from my attempt through many years to be a faithful chaplain to those who came to me for help. I hope my words in God Is Still for You reflect years of listening with empathy and offering hurting people reasons to hold on to their faith in Jesus and trust God in their pain.
How would you summarize God Is Still for You, and why should people read it?
Bob: God Is Still for You is written for those who are suffering hardship or are disappointed with life. It’s not a call to do more or be more. It’s not written to shame someone for questioning God. It’s not meant to assign blame for our troubles but to encourage the reader to trust God in their pain or disappointment and take the next step. Ten chapters each present a reason to believe God is still for you, weaving together biblical truth and real-life stories I think most readers will identify with. My prayer is that every reader will be encouraged to hold on to their faith in Jesus; to allow their grief, pain, or disappointment to point them to the Savior who cares so deeply for them; and to hear his invitation, “You believe in God. Trust also in me.”
Bob Page offers ten reasons to persevere in faith and move toward a life of renewed hope and purpose. God Is Still for You invites readers to sit with a battle-seasoned chaplain, who knows firsthand how painful life can be, and ask the hard questions. With decades of experience in active duty, Bob personally understands how dark it can feel to believe God is absent.Each chapter highlights Scripture, contains real-life stories, and ends with a clear statement of why the reader can be sure that God is still for them. With biblical truth, fresh and compelling retellings of Bible stories, and a wise and personal writing style, Bob will guide readers to find hope.
