thoughts from someone dealing with doubt
Posted in Doubt, Emotion, Relationships on Feb 16th, 2010
It has now been about 3 years that I have seriously doubted Christianity, and a more accurate term maybe unbelief (I’m still not comfortable about specifically labeling myself). During this past year, my hope in regaining my Christian faith is slowly but steadily disappearing. I have delved into researching the resurrection, and left with the [...]
Posted in Doubt, Emotion, Relationships on Jan 27th, 2010
I understand that many are hesitant to discuss their doubts with others. I personally just recently told my parents about my doubt/unbelief, which I’ll write about later. Sometimes it is easier to talk to some stranger about these personal thoughts than someone that you grew up with, or live with. Relationships can become strained and [...]
In church today I enjoyed singing a version of “We Are Listening“. Here are some of the lyrics:
Father, I long to be wise,
To see with new eyes
The truth that was written by Your hand
Father, speak
Your truth into me
Because I still believe
That You will help me understand
The lyrics just spoke to me in my quest to [...]
It being Sunday, I thought I’d recommend a sermon on doubt by Dominic Smart. This sermon is on three main forms of doubt that Christians go through. I’ve gone through all three forms and am currently in the third form of doubt–a refusal to accept God. A willful choice to believe in science and my [...]
I’ve started listening to the Resonable Doubts podcast, and so far I must say I enjoy it. The audio quality is great, and the 3 guys that put in on are very creative. I have also found it very cool that they are from Grand Rapids (where I lived for 4 years) and they mention [...]
Posted in Doubt on Sep 13th, 2009
Everyone has a skeptical dial. You ratchet it way up when it comes to arguments or conclusions that you don’t like, but then you dial it way down for your own personally held views. In researching the Christian faith I once had, I find myself ratcheting my skeptical dial up and down. I recently caught [...]
Posted in Doubt on Sep 9th, 2009
Tim in the comments quoted an excellent passage from Andrew Peabody. It was so good that I wanted to highlight it here as a separate post.
There are two kinds of scepticism,—that of the heart and that of the intellect. The former is adapted to make unbelievers; the latter, to make Christians. The fomer will not [...]
Posted in Doubt on Aug 31st, 2009
My mom was going through some of my grandma’s stuff the other day (she passed away last year), and passed along things that she had kept of her grandkids. It is always a good feeling to see the care she took in collecting keep-sakes of her grandkids. From newspaper clippings of sporting events, to photos. [...]
This past weekend my family had a nice camping weekend planned for Fri-Mon, however things did not go as planned. After driving for about 2 hours and being 5 minutes from the camp ground, my wife looks at the reservation and realized that she reserved the wrong weekend. This is an extreme rarity as [...]
Posted in Doubt on May 27th, 2009
My posting here is going to be sporadic and maybe a lot less frequent. The last couple of weeks I was convicted (with help from my wife), that I had become obsessed with my searching. This resulted in spending less time with my wife and kids, helping less around the house, and causing [...]