Craig Groeschel

That he had grace for people to doubt it. So if he did, shouldn't we? And I've found, it's crazy, but as a pastor, I've had seasons I could tell you about, very distinct seasons of doubt. And by talking about them, I found that other Christians are both relieved and then learn that doubt isn't the enemy of faith. In many ways, kind of like what you're doing, it's an invitation to a deeper faith.

Yes. You don't doubt because you don't love God. You doubt because you do love God and you don't understand. Mm-hmm. And God is big enough to handle your questions. I think He wants them. He embraces them. And you see all through the Bible, people going to God going, why? I don't understand. Where are you? Why do the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer? And it's all over the word.

Yes. You don't doubt because you don't love God. You doubt because you do love God and you don't understand. Mm-hmm. And God is big enough to handle your questions. I think He wants them. He embraces them. And you see all through the Bible, people going to God going, why? I don't understand. Where are you? Why do the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer? And it's all over the word.

So if other people of God can go to God with questions, I think you can go to God with questions. And I think He welcomes it and will not push you away, but help you grow through it.

So if other people of God can go to God with questions, I think you can go to God with questions. And I think He welcomes it and will not push you away, but help you grow through it.

So imagine this, and a lot of people miss this. Jesus has risen from the dead. He's about to ascend to heaven. He's up on a mountaintop. He's with the disciples. And Matthew says right before Jesus gives a great commission, right before it says, and they worshiped him. And some doubted. That's what the Bible says. They worshiped him and some doubted.

So imagine this, and a lot of people miss this. Jesus has risen from the dead. He's about to ascend to heaven. He's up on a mountaintop. He's with the disciples. And Matthew says right before Jesus gives a great commission, right before it says, and they worshiped him. And some doubted. That's what the Bible says. They worshiped him and some doubted.

And Jesus said, go into all the world and preach the gospel. So he said, go into the world and do my work, doubts and all. Like literally right there, they're looking at the risen Christ. And they worshiped and some doubted. That's me. Like one day I'm worshiping and then sometimes I'm going, is this really true? And he still sent them out to go and do the Great Commission. That makes me feel...

And Jesus said, go into all the world and preach the gospel. So he said, go into the world and do my work, doubts and all. Like literally right there, they're looking at the risen Christ. And they worshiped and some doubted. That's me. Like one day I'm worshiping and then sometimes I'm going, is this really true? And he still sent them out to go and do the Great Commission. That makes me feel...

seen, valued, loved, understood, inspired, that it's okay to still go do ministry when I don't understand it all.

seen, valued, loved, understood, inspired, that it's okay to still go do ministry when I don't understand it all.

Yeah. And so, when you did that, when you went to God and said, I don't understand, and talked to Him, what happens?

Yeah. And so, when you did that, when you went to God and said, I don't understand, and talked to Him, what happens?

Yes, you see so much pain.

Yes, you see so much pain.

Yeah. So what's interesting is you'll learn in counseling if you have a fear or anxiety or whatever, and you talk about it in counseling. kind of put skin on it that in some ways diffuses it. And the same thing is true with doubt. So I try to get people, and again, I'm not like a doubt evangelist. I'm not saying, hey, you should go doubt ever. I'm saying that if you do, here's how to do it well.

Yeah. So what's interesting is you'll learn in counseling if you have a fear or anxiety or whatever, and you talk about it in counseling. kind of put skin on it that in some ways diffuses it. And the same thing is true with doubt. So I try to get people, and again, I'm not like a doubt evangelist. I'm not saying, hey, you should go doubt ever. I'm saying that if you do, here's how to do it well.

Because you can doubt your way away from God, or you can doubt your way closer to God. I would say define why do you doubt? Some people would say, it's like I come across something in the Bible that I don't understand it. And so it's a theological question. Some people would say, well, I can't reconcile what I see with who God says He is.

Because you can doubt your way away from God, or you can doubt your way closer to God. I would say define why do you doubt? Some people would say, it's like I come across something in the Bible that I don't understand it. And so it's a theological question. Some people would say, well, I can't reconcile what I see with who God says He is.

You might see someone with a brain tumor, and you're saying, God, I'm praying and believing, standing on your word that you're going to heal, and you haven't. So where are you? Some people, it's because they've been hurt by Christians, and then they'll often blame God for it or something. Someone in the church was mean to me or unkind. And so all Christians suck.