Virtue 7: doubting and questioning God
The hosts take up the virtue of 'never doubting or questioning God.' They note the article itself cites Jesus on blasphemy (all blasphemies forgivable except one) and the Psalms, and argue cursory Bible reading settles the matter: John the Baptist doubted from jail, Thomas doubted and still died a missionary, David and the minor prophets (Habakkuk named) asked the same hard questions as modern skeptics. They characterize the article's angry-God-with-a-club picture as an 1980s-era stereotype they do not encounter in today's gospel-centered churches.
More on Doubt
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Midlife-crisis faith questions: when suffering gets close to home
- Which of God's promises can I count on as mine when people are free to refuse them?
The hosts name the first cluster of midlife-crisis faith questions: when the broken world's weight lands close to home, believers ask whether God is really good even when they cannot see it.
From No. 556 · A Christian Mid-Life Crisis
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Why people ditch God
- Why do people ditch God?
Reading a Christian Post article by Robin P. Shoemaker, the hosts work through three reasons people leave faith: bad events that wreck a life, bad representatives of the faith, and bad morals that collide with sexual freedom.
From No. 505 · Because of Fussy and Fuzzy
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Don't take macro action based on micro analysis
- Am I taking macro action based on micro analysis?
A host introduces his principle — 'don't take macro action based upon micro analysis,' or 'don't take broad action based upon narrow analysis' — and the room tests it across examples.
From No. 450 · Good News of Narrow Focus
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What would it take for you to stop believing Christianity?
- What would it take for you to think that Christianity wasn't true?
A host poses the question directly: 'Dan, what would it take for you to think that Christianity wasn't true?'