Doubt as an open road

Peter Mead encourages Christians, and especially preachers, not to be afraid of doubt:

Many Christians feel guilty for doubting. They feel that they should immediately cut it out and get back on track. Metaphorically the doubt is seen as a dead end road that should be reversed out of as quickly as possible. I would encourage people to engage the doubt, to study the truth, to follow through. Doubt is a pathway to a tested and evidentially undergirded faith.

As we preach we regularly have opportunities to address doubts. Doubts about God, about the Bible, about suffering, about faith, about the future, about all aspects of Christianity. Let’s be sure to not reinforce the typical response - to hit reverse and get out quickly. Instead let’s encourage an informed, researched, understood Christianity. Let’s encourage people to prayerfully wrestle with the Word. Let’s model in our preaching a healthy response to doubts.

Amen.