Doubt & Dead Ends

My Christianity Isn't Working

  

When they saw him, they worshiped him—but some of them doubted!

-‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28:17

  

Doubt is not the enemy of faith. Doubt is often an invitation to a deeper faith.

  

Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.

-Fredrick Buechner

  

Why do we doubt?

  

1 - Questions You Can't Answer

  

A lot of people have left the faith not because of what the Bible teaches but because of what they're told the Bible teaches.

2 - Situations that Seem Unfair

  

3 - Hurt You Can't Resolve

  

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. 'It’s a ghost,' they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them: 'Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.' 'Lord, if it’s you,' Peter replied, 'tell me to come to you on the water.' 'Come,' he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, 'Lord, save me!' Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. 'You of little faith,' he said, 'why did you doubt?'

-Matthew 14:22-33

  

Doubt is not the enemy of faith. Doubt is an invitation to a deeper faith.

  

Deconstruction: It is the sincere examination of your beliefs, seeking to let go of what is untrue, so you can hold onto what is.

Deconstruction done well can actually be a form of discipleship.

You have heard it said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

-Matthew 5:43-44

You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.

-Matthew 16:23

Everything you believe about God might not be true.

A deconstructionist without the intention to reconstruct is a destructionist.

  

The Problem of God by Mark Clark

  

  

  

  

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