Comments on: On Doubt http://blog.stmatthewsunichurch.org.au/2009/01/26/on-doubt/ Ideas, thoughts and ramblings from the Unichurch staff Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:36:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jon Rumble http://blog.stmatthewsunichurch.org.au/2009/01/26/on-doubt/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Jon Rumble Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:25:59 +0000 http://www.stmatthewsunichurch.org.au/blog/2009/01/26/on-doubt/#comment-73 Listened to Carson on doubt recently, talks about different kinds of doubt, before particularly focusing on doubting Thomas in John 20... Interesting stuff... Listened to Carson on doubt recently, talks about different kinds of doubt, before particularly focusing on doubting Thomas in John 20…

Interesting stuff…

]]> By: Mark Chapman http://blog.stmatthewsunichurch.org.au/2009/01/26/on-doubt/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Mark Chapman Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:10:40 +0000 http://www.stmatthewsunichurch.org.au/blog/2009/01/26/on-doubt/#comment-71 Hey Rors, I reckon it would be great if you touched on 'intellectual' doubt, where a person doesn't understand how/why things about God and so feels intensely 'doubtful' about what God has revealed to them. Hey Rors, I reckon it would be great if you touched on ‘intellectual’ doubt, where a person doesn’t understand how/why things about God and so feels intensely ‘doubtful’ about what God has revealed to them.

]]> By: Mark Chapman http://blog.stmatthewsunichurch.org.au/2009/01/26/on-doubt/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Mark Chapman Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:07:49 +0000 http://www.stmatthewsunichurch.org.au/blog/2009/01/26/on-doubt/#comment-70 Doubt. No, I don't think I've heard a sermon that specifically focused on that topic. But I have heard sermons that deal with related issues, or briefly touching on it. Sermons on the book of Job come to mind. Sermons on examining the scriptures--dealing with the 'is that true' doubt-- often referred to Acts passages of the Christians in Berea (Acts17:10--no, I don't have encyclopedic knowledge, I looked it up) . I suspect that many people are scared of voicing their doubts, whether it's intellectual doubt or frustration/confusion/indescribable doubt. I personally have felt embarrassed and intensely uncomfortable in the past when I've had doubts about God, particularly when it falls into the second type I just suggested. It's apparently not very Christian to doubt, no matter what type. Then again, authors like Phillip Yancey seem to embrace doubt. Whether it's intellectual or just emotional, Yancey seems to work from personal experiences to show that mankind is finite and vacillating but God isn't. Hmmm. That was a mouth full! Any thoughts? Doubt.

No, I don’t think I’ve heard a sermon that specifically focused on that topic. But I have heard sermons that deal with related issues, or briefly touching on it. Sermons on the book of Job come to mind. Sermons on examining the scriptures–dealing with the ‘is that true’ doubt– often referred to Acts passages of the Christians in Berea (Acts17:10–no, I don’t have encyclopedic knowledge, I looked it up) .

I suspect that many people are scared of voicing their doubts, whether it’s intellectual doubt or frustration/confusion/indescribable doubt. I personally have felt embarrassed and intensely uncomfortable in the past when I’ve had doubts about God, particularly when it falls into the second type I just suggested. It’s apparently not very Christian to doubt, no matter what type.

Then again, authors like Phillip Yancey seem to embrace doubt. Whether it’s intellectual or just emotional, Yancey seems to work from personal experiences to show that mankind is finite and vacillating but God isn’t. Hmmm.

That was a mouth full! Any thoughts?

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