A nominal Christian often discovers in suffering that his faith has been in his church, denomination, or family tradition, but not Christ. As he faces evil and suffering, he may lose his faith. But that's actually a good thing. I have sympathy for people who lose their faith, but any faith lost in suffering wasn't a faith worth keeping.

If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil (ed. Multnomah, 2009) - ISBN: 9781601422545