Why Would a Good God NOT Heal?
“If you will, you can make me clean”. –Mark 1:40 That statement in the gospel of Mark really tugs at my heart. I see my own heart in the statement of this desperate leper. He knows that God can do… Continue Reading
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Learning the Language of Lament (Part Four)
In his book, Battling Unbelief, Barnabas Piper explains the difference between believing doubt and unbelieving doubt. Of unbelieving doubt he says: When unbelieving doubt poses a question, it is not interested in the answer for any reason other than to… Continue Reading
Playing in the Street of Unbelief
Emotional pain makes us do silly things. I see this quite often with teenagers. They are in that awkward stage when they still want to be doted on by mom and dad (or whoever is playing that role) but also… Continue Reading
Review of Help My Unbelief by @BarnabasPiper
I’m convinced that doubt has become a sexy virtue in our culture. Our generation has rightly understood that the Bible invites us to an authentic expression of doubt. But we’ve wrongly assumed that being in a state of doubt is… Continue Reading