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A Paradox of Faith and Doubt


My Paradox of a Belief - This I Believe - ThisIBelieve.org

What I have learned thus far in my life can be summed up in four simple words: doubt ideas; believe people. This paradoxical conviction may not make any ...

Articles Other Abrahams: Sacrificing Faith - ScienceDirect.com

The paradox may also be expressed in this way: that there is an absolute duty to God […] Faith itself cannot be mediated into the universal, for thereby it is ...

When Jesus Doubted God: Perspectives from Calvin on Post ...

Preston Hill explores the loss of faith in God after trauma and the positive place of doubt in the Christian life.

Doubt - Conversation in Faith

We worry that doubt will lead to a loss of faith. To protect ourselves we develop a church culture where doubt is unacceptable. We develop ...

Shades of faith: the phenomenon of doubt in early Christianity

For the apostle Paul, doubt as a mental state oscillating between pistis and apistia has no place. Paul urges theological and ethical ...

Who Needs God? Series Summary - The Paradox Church

"Christians are haunted by doubt and non-believers are haunted by belief—we're all haunted." I hope it does. As a Christian, I believe that ...

Too Good to be True! A Paradox - The Spurgeon Library

To a certain extent they believed in his resurrection; that belief gave them joy, and at once that very joy made them unbelieving. They looked again; they ...

Divine Paradox: Unraveling the Mysteries of Faith and Doubt by ...

Divine Paradox. Subtitle Unraveling the Mysteries of Faith and Doubt. by John Johnston. Author John Johnston. Consider the story of Thomas in the Bible ...

"The truth makes for a bad sermon. It tends to be confusing and have ...

The statement is centered around the idea that even people of faith should feel doubt and can learn more from doubt than from certainty.

Doubt is becoming trendy. Even among Christians | Opinion

Loose thinking about truth and our fundamental beliefs is destabilising both our society and our faith. I know that some Christians have been ...

'Finding God in the Waves': a story of faith and doubt

Ultimately, McHargue classifies faith as an experience that cannot fully be articulated or processed rationally, though God's presence resounds ...

What is the meaning of “I believe; help my unbelief” in Mark 9:24?

The man's request, startling in its paradoxical phrasing, is quite thought-provoking. ... The dominant theme in this passage is faith and doubt.

the Absolute paradox - Sören Kierkegaard

If you doubt of God's existence, you will doubt the logic that leads you his existence; if you believe in God, the leap of faith is all that is required.

The Doctrine of Faith, Doubt, and Assurance: A Historical ... - MDPI

This article discusses the way different traditions of the Christian faith tried to answer the question—some leaving room for doubt in the process and others ...

Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling: Embrace the Absurd

They believe that faith is a deeply personal and often paradoxical journey, highlighting the need for individuals to confront their own existence, make ...

The Paradox of Faith: Fear and Obedience to God - YouTube

If you don't have the book already, here is a link to order it now! https://store.messengerinternational.org/products/the-awe-of-god Day 24: ...

When in doubt, shout! paradoxical influences of doubt on proselytizing

A seminal case study by Festinger found, paradoxically, that evidence that disconfirmed religious beliefs increased individuals' tendency to proselytize to ...

7 7 Doubt and belief - Oxford Academic

There is also a benefit, we would argue, in the humility that comes from discovering that one's reasons, even for beliefs one can't help holding, are not as ...

Doubt and Belief | Encyclopedia.com

All authentic religious faith, indeed, may be viewed as a descant on doubt. The Meaning of Doubt. The word doubt, although often regarded as the opposite of ...

Spiritual Paradox in the Christian Life - Precept Austin

In the Bible spiritual paradoxes abound and confound the secular unsaved mind. In fact the wise of this world consider believers to be fools for ...