thoughts from someone dealing with doubt
Posted in Doubt on Nov 21st, 2008
A friend of mine asked me if my struggle with doubt has made depressed. To be honest, I hadn’t ever thought about the other “D” word. I’ve been focused on my Christian doubt. In thinking about it more, doubt is depressing. My Christian faith is tied to so many things: friends, family, social networks, Sundays, [...]
Posted in Doubt, Resurrection on Nov 16th, 2008
Can Jesus’ resurrection from the dead be proven? This depends on the definition of what constitutes proof. Proof of the resurrection will not be found in the more reliable “hard scientific” field. Scientist will not be able to set up laboratory experiments to determine if the resurrection did or did not occur. There are not [...]
Posted in Doubt on Nov 15th, 2008
Should the Bible get the benefit of the doubt? Many of the events that are described in the Bible have been confirmed by historic investigation. In places where it can be verified, such as times, places, and historical figures, the Bible has been shown to be trustworthy. Granted the Bible was not written to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 14th, 2008
The dark pit of doubt is hard to get out of. Every time I think I’ve made progress toward faith I seem to slip back. One of the things I’ve learned through this struggle is to be cautious about moving the “goal post”. While in doubt, I am searching for evidence for the Christian faith. [...]
Posted in Doubt on Nov 4th, 2008
With regards to the problem of evil I have heard that evil will not be so great as to break someone’s faith IF God has chosen them. This is not the most comforting thing to hear when one is doubting their faith in God. How do I know if God has chosen me? How do [...]