Dealing with Doubt, Part 2: The Limits of Logic
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“One of the main reasons that Christians wrestle with doubts these days is that they bump into something that doesn’t seem to make sense.” - Olinger
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“One of the main reasons that Christians wrestle with doubts these days is that they bump into something that doesn’t seem to make sense.” - Olinger
“In the spring of 1800, after six long years of saving, the day at last arrived when enough small coins lay in the rude box to afford a Bible. But now the challenge was to locate one. Her father had no idea where to look.” - Mark Minnick
Pastor Tom Buck of First Baptist Church Lindale, Texas “takes issue with how Shaw explains navigating same-sex attraction and has called on Sam Allberry and The Gospel Coalition (TGC) not to support Shaw any longer.” - C.Leaders
“I put the mic down to adjust my notes and then started back up with the talk. After about 30 seconds, I looked down and … I was talking into a water bottle like it was a microphone. The audience burst out in laughter and all I could do was smile and join them.” - C.Leaders
“Are we supposed to stand up to lies? Of course. We have every right and responsibility to expose lies for what they are. … The question is, ‘What are we going to say and how are we going to say it?’ It doesn’t help our cause when people see Christians acting like the people that we’re trying to oppose.” - GetReligion
“I’ve written before about an experience I had while in seminary, when I doubted the Biggest Thing Ever—whether there’s a God, and whether any of this is true. Doubt is an important part of growing up.” - Olinger
“Paul made no demands. He used his rights to protect himself on the one occasion and to protect the church on the other. His manner, however, suggests that he most of all tried not to make waves, then chose to make appeals when all other resources failed.” - Don Johnson
“Terms of derision are often used to dismiss others or the beliefs they espouse. Their use is, at its root, intellectual laziness. Rather than building a reasoned case for disagreement (or seeking a clearer understanding of the opposing idea), an epithet is launched to ‘settle’ the disagreement.” - GARBC
Students “were told by their teacher to go to an evangelical Christian revival assembly. When students arrived at the event in the school’s auditorium, they were instructed to close their eyes and raise their arms in prayer… were asked to give their lives over to Jesus to find purpose and salvation.” - NPR
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