Tim Keller on Doubt

“A faith without some doubts is like a human body without any antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a smart skeptic. A person’s faith can collapse almost overnight if she has failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.” – Tim Keller

Need an accessible place to start exploring your doubts? Check out Is God Just a Human Invention? I wrote this book with Sean McDowell to honestly engage the tough questions we all have about God. Also check out this article “Should Christians Have Doubts?”

We Behave As We Believe

People behave as they really believe. But our actions are only the tip of the iceberg. What really drives us is our invisible worldview that lives beneath the surface. Our worldview is shaped by a complex collection of broken relationships (with God, parents, and others), a mixture of true and false beliefs about reality, and values that are primarily directed toward the self. Embracing a Christian worldview — thinking Christianly — means growing in our ability to understand and live all of life from God’s perspective.

This becomes possible as our relationship with God is restored in the gospel (and this serves as the basis for restoration of relationships with others), we replace false beliefs with truth as our minds are renewed (Romans 12:2), and we give priority to God over self and come to increasingly love what God loves by the constant enablement of the Holy Spirit.

This process of worldview formation is essential to living well and flourishing according to God’s design.

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