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Curated Certainty
I spoke at an event last month and found myself ranting about certainty. Not conviction. Not confidence. Certainty. Churches have it. Denominations have it. Theologies have it. We all seem to have a system that…
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Help My Unbelief
If you asked me to choose one passage that best captures the strange relationship between faith and doubt, I’d probably land on Mark 9:24: “I believe; help my unbelief.” That may be the most honest…
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The Centurion
My recent posts have focused on doubt. Not because I’m pro-doubt, but because I think we have become uncomfortable with honest questions. We’ve created cultures where uncertainty feels dangerous, so people hide it. That’s unhealthy….
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Doubting Saints
Last week I wrote about doubt. It’s worth looking at a few biblical examples because, frankly, a lot of bible characters were not exactly poster children for emotional consistency. And maybe that’s good news. The…
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The Sanitization of Doubt
The ironic thing about confidence is its comfort with doubt. This struck me over 30-years ago when I was leading a bible study at my church. As an elder, with a mandate to model faith,…
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Salvaged, Not Sorted
I’m pretty confident that heaven will be full of people who drive me nuts. Some of them will have theology that makes my eyes twitch. Some will hold opinions I argued against, wrote books I…
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Books That Should Bother Us
What happens when God refuses to behave the way we were taught? It’s a question that’s been running through several of my recent posts. Some of those posts were rants—good therapy for me, maybe, but…
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Theological Cocoon
I trust mechanics more than I trust theology. Now, I don’t have a degree or certificate in either field. But I do have credibility with both. If you need proof, just read my books, blogs,…
