 Travis M. Dickinson. Do you fly?  Typical prescription for doubt o Wait it out o Treat symptoms as best you can o Hope it goes away  What if this.

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 Travis M. Dickinson

Do you fly?

 Typical prescription for doubt o Wait it out o Treat symptoms as best you can o Hope it goes away  What if this doesn’t work?

 What is doubt? o Finding a potential defeater plausible. o Primarily an intellectual problem

 Do you still believe in the stories of Santa and the Tooth Fairy, then why believe in the stories of God and Jesus? (Objection from mockery)  Do you know when the stories about Jesus were recorded? Decades after his death.  Don’t you know that there are hundreds of contradictions in Scripture?  What’s the chance that the worldview of your youth happens to be the right one?

 How could God allow so much evil?  God wants us to believe in him but then he hides himself so that most of the world never finds him. Does this sound just?  And if we don’t believe in him during our short lives, then we get punished for an eternity in hell? Could this possibly be the act of a loving and just God?  How can you be a part of a church responsible for so much injustice?  The Bible is out of step with science (evolution), culture (sex and gender issues) and morality.

 About 60% of Christian youth will walk away from the faith.  Why? o Sin. o We’ve not been allowed to doubt.

Asking hard questions (apologetics) should just be a normal part of our Christian walk.  Doubts, if treated properly, lead you to knowledge and truth. o There’s a risk… o …but there’s a risk in ignoring our doubts.

1. Hang on! o Doubts and objections should not straightaway defeat our beliefs. We can maintain faith while questioning the object of our faith! Airplane example There is (virtually) nothing new under the sun when it comes to objections and challenges.

2. Doubt your doubts o Doubts don’t automatically win. o We need to ask what reasons we have for believing the doubt is true.  Confidence comes from questioning. o By you asking these difficult and deep questions your faith will grow. o Take it one step at a time and never alone.

 Are you curious about God? o The God of the Bible is anything but simple and obvious. o The Truth can handle your questions!  You won’t get all your questions answered. o When you have enough of your questions answered  Faith.  Matt. 22:37-38: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.