What I want to suggest to you this morning is that doubt, at least a certain kind of doubt is not a bad thing. In fact it is a very good thing, even an essential thing for a vital faith. This is a doubt that is creative, that asks questions, that probes issues all in order for faith to grow. It is quite different that the doubt that is destructive, a doubt that seeks only to tear down and destroy. I have encounter people with both kinds of doubt. I strongly prefer those with creative doubt, even more than people who are so absolutely certain.
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The Never-Ending Story
Easter tells us that it is a new day, the night is over, and those powers of darkness that keep our lives in the shadows have been overcome. This is what Easter is all about, an end to the old order, the defeat of those powers of fear, doubt, hatred, bigotry, and all those powers that fragment our lives and hold us hostage. Easter tells us God has raised the Crucified One and the story goes on.
Full-Time Follower
The test of any relationship, whether friendship, marriage, work, team, is when things get tough, when there is pain and threat. Are we full-time friends, spouses, colleagues, teammates or just part-time? So it is for discipleship. If you really want to see Jesus, then you must walk the journey, even when that journey goes through the valley of the shadows. But in that valley, you will know One is there with His rod and staff to protect and deliver you. Christ Jesus is there in the tough times.
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