Do a biblical word search on two words: Faith and doubt. Then compare what you read to what the author says. Don’t just fall for the way he frames the doubting Thomas story.
I see the tone of the article as how to deal with doubts.
Not to live with them and embrace them, but to be honest that the person has them and then deal with them so you don’t have them any more.
One thing I’ve learned over the years, is that if you don’t admit that you are struggling with something, it never gets resolved. It’s not like we’re telling God something He doesn’t know already. If someone is doubting in the secret place in their heart, God already knows it.
Verbalizing it isn’t for God’s benefit, it’s for ours. And being honest enough to admit something, CONFESSING it, IOW, is critical in my book to addressing it and putting it behind you.
I don’t believe that God wants us to doubt, any more than He wanted Thomas to doubt. So Jesus did what He needed to to alleviate Thomas’s doubt.
God knows we’re weak and don’t always see clearly and understand well.
On another note, I’ve noticed that people who have doubts are generally people who are struggling with sin that they don’t want to let go. But that’s just something I’ve noticed.
I agree with you. This author is sketchy.
I struggled with doubts in the past and asked God for a sign and He gave it to me. The problem was that my doubt wasn’t a result of lack of proof but from my own unwillingness to believe and trust in God.
As simple as it seems the way my doubts were resolved simply by trusting God the best I could, not from a sign.