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- Struggling With Doubt
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Doubt is one of the least talked about struggles of the Christian life. Often combined with doubt is overwhelming feelings of fear, confusion, and an estrangement from God. Christians often feel isolated and ashamed of these feelings and are reluctant to share them with others. Untreated these feelings are allowed to disable and debilitate our walk with God. Read More...
Chapter 2 - Understanding Doubt
Doubt is very common. "Knowledge and doubt are inseparable to man. The sole alternative to "knowledge-with-doubt" is no knowledge at all. Only God and certain madmen have no doubts!" -Martin Luther. Again he says "The art of doubting is easy, for it is an ability that is born with us."
Doubt is not unbelief. Doubt is often mistaken for unbelief, but there is a very distinct difference between the two. Doubt is a lack of certainty, questioning what one believes. Unbelief is a choice, choosing to not believe despite the evidence given. Read More...
Chapter 3 - Understanding Faith
What is Faith? If you ask fellow Christians this question you will get a wide range of answers. Ephesians 2:8 tells us "For by grace you have been saved through faith..." Since faith is a fundamental part of Christianity, I feel it's important to have an understanding to this question. Read More...
Chapter 4 - The Origins of Doubt
A person's doubt can stem from one or more of these different categories. Here we'll take an in-depth look into many common sources for doubt to help understand where they come from and what we can do about it. Read More...
Chapter 5 - Reprogramming
I've heard it said that God will not give you more than you can handle, but more accurately it should be said that God will not give you more than HE can handle. God allows us to be overwhelmed by that beyond our abilities often, but for good reason. It is in these times that true reprogramming happens. Read More...
Chapter 6 - Truth and Grace
Truth without grace only kills, grace without truth goes unnoticed, unappreciated, and therefore unaccepted. Jesus came full of both and understanding both are crucial. An imbalanced view of these will give us an off kilter walk. Read More...
Chapter 7 - Who We are in Christ
To understand who we are in Christ we must first understand who we aren't in Christ. This is important to understand because only after a Christian understands that he has nothing to merit's God's favor will he also realize God's favor does not rest on his merits. Read More...
Chapter 8 - Securities in God
This is an elephant in the room at a doubter's convention. Can we lose our salvation? So many different things cause us to ask this question. For the doubter this can mean the difference between doubt and anxiety, to doubt, anxiety, and fear. Read More...
Chapter 9 - Doubts Disarmed
It's been over a decade since my own struggles with doubts started. Am I cured of doubts? No. When I go to glory I will doubt no more, but as long this flesh remains doubts will still reside in it. Did I doubt before what I'm calling my period of “struggling with doubt” started? Yes I did. “So Ryan, if doubts have always been there why not say you've always struggled with doubt?” Because it's no longer a struggle. God has won. Read More...