His teaching is along the lines of the Emergent Church. His recommended books are Emergent authors. BEWARE. Sometimes error is very subtle but it will lead to greater and greater error if followed.
God has punished doubt in many ways. The Israelites had to wander in the desert for 40 years because of their doubt. Abraham tried to fulfill God’s promise of a son with Hagar because of doubt that Sarah could have a child. That has been an ongoing disaster. Zachariah lost his voice over doubt. Peter began to sink in the water over doubt. On and on and on and on. God was merciful to Thomas. That does not mean doubt is not a dangerous sin that displeases God greatly.
Doubt is sin.
Well, I don’t see the tone of the article going that far myself.
Granted he could has emphasized more about dealing with the doubt, but I simply don’t see that he was endorsing it, encouraging it, or anything.
What I see in the article is encouragement for people who are dealing with doubt to admit it, confess it to someone else, and deal with it to get rid of it.
People DO struggle with doubt and it consumes them.
As far as the Israelites, it was always my understanding that they wandered in the desert for 40 years because of rebellion, not doubt.
I have no use for the Emergent church movement. There’s plenty wrong with it, and I don’t need convincing about that.
However, I don’t see the article doing much more than encouraging people who struggle with doubt to not keep it inside, but to admit it to someone and get over it.
And no, I do not see Jesus upbraiding Thomas for his doubt. He met him where he was, provided something for him to over come his doubt, and Thomas did. If Thomas had persisted in it, that would be a different issue. But he didn’t.