Sermons About Doubt
The Walk of Faith
Walking in Faith. (Matt 14:28-29) Sinking in Doubt. (Matt 14:30-31) What kind of doubts distract us? Fear of Circumstances. (Peter- Matt 14:22-33) Incomplete Evidence. (Thomas- John 20:24-29) Disappointment w/Christians. (father- Mark 9:14-27) Unexplained Suffering. (John the Baptist- Luke 7:18-23) Bowing in Worship. (Matt 14:32-33)
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Leap of Doubt: Since Suffering Exists, God Cannot
We Need To Answer These Questions: Does the Bible address the issue of evil of suffering more soundly than other options that are available? If no, what are my remaining objections and how do I support them? If yes, have I placed my trust in the Gospel that saves me from eternal suffering and provides hope in the temporal suffering?
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From Faith to Doubt
Mark 9:14-16 The Head- The intellectual argument Life still happens Jesus is attractive because He is God Mark 9:17-21a The Heart- The emotional scene (cf John 10:10 and 1 Peter 5:8) The father had enough faith to show up, but still had doubts The disciples unbelief Mark 14:21a-27 The Hands- The Compassion of Jesus “But one man, whose son died climbing a mountain when he was twenty-five, said that what he came to see was “tears, a weeping God, suffering over my suffering. I had not realized that if God loves the world, God suffers. I had thoughtlessly supposed God loved without suffering. Jesus introduced us to a suffering God, something the world had never though of before.”” Faith and Doubt, Ortberg, Pg. 115
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Not Seeing Is Believing
As St. Augustine has said, “Faith is to believe what you do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” By grace, we cast off doubt and believe in God's forgiveness through His Son, Jesus Christ.
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Why Do We Doubt?
Thomas was not alone in his doubt. It was he that first confessed Jesus as his Lord.
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Leap of Doubt: The Church is Responsible for Injustice
The reality is that for many of us, the church is the same as Jesus in our minds. If Christians commit terrible acts both personally and corporately, then how can Jesus be the real-deal? It almost makes us wonder if Christian preachers are "snake-oil salesmen" – promoting a product that doesn’t really work. Jesus is supposed to be this “life-changing reality” that transforms hearts and lives, yet the Christian community looks just like the world, if not sometimes even worse (because they claim to be better). How do we approach this question? What can we say to help us process this doubt? We'll take two simple steps today in answering this question. The first step will be to own the sins we as the church have committed, the second to see how a biblical framework helps us understand this problem.
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Believing is Seeing (John 20:19-31)
Thomas gives us a model for discipleship that seeks in the face of fear and doubt.
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Hocus Pocus
It wasn’t only Thomas who doubted, but for John, narrowing the focus to Thomas casts a spotlight on something that is going to be to be a long-lasting, universal problem for the church until Jesus returns to earth in his glory: the problem of doubt. Our God is not a God who is hidden away in cosmic transcendence; our God desires to reveal himself to us, and has literally moved heaven and earth to do so.
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From Doubt to Faith
Wrestling with Doubt. (John 20:24-25 Confronted with Evidence. (John 20:26-27) Choosing to Commit. (John 20:28-29)
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