Session 4

Unless we see or touch or experience, there is a shade of doubt.

Skepticism = looking at a matter closely, study something with great care and detail.
Perhaps the church needs more skepticism.
You have heard 'don't always believe what you hear'.

The holy wild = God hungry doubts that pull us to our knees, force us into the word, and we wrestle with God until we receive a blessing.

Miracles in the Old Testament usually created distance rather than intimacy.
People who saw Jesus' miracles were still unsure to follow.

Is the depth of our doubt roughly porpotional to the depth of our faith?

We can be off the fence and still have questions, can't we?

Deny death, cloak sickness, hide old and decrepit away...today's culture shuns wounds and takes offence at a God who associates with suffering, blood and heartache. Some would rather see him do stunts, tricks, give blessings and cater to our every prayer and need rather than observe a God who participates in roughousing, battlefields and befriending losers.

When doubt is replaced with faith and truth, is our response worship?