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but one sentence in mind—always the same: “I called to the Lord from my narrow prison and He answered me in the freedom of space.”
“Feeling like God is far away, disinterested, or dead to you is part of our Bible and can’t be brushed aside. And that feeling—no matter how intense it may be, and even offensive as it may seem—is never judged, shamed, or criticized by God. Worshipping other gods or acting unjustly toward others gets criticized about every three sentences, but not this honest talk of feeling abandoned by God.”
― The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
― The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
“I am amazed and encouraged by those who have lived through these moments of hell on earth and have continued on in the life of faith anyway. They have something to teach people like me: no matter what we think we know, no matter how sure we happen to think we are, suffering is the place where our sense of certainty about God’s ways fades like a dream and forces us to consider that what we know may not be as central to our faith as we might think.”
― The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
― The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
“I believe that God is more interested in the who. And that means walking the walk, not just talking the talk. Better: it means walking the walk when no words are left. That is trust.”
― The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
― The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
“We have every reason today to think differently about the universe and our place in it. This doesn’t disprove God, but it does challenge our thinking. For people of faith, bringing the ancient Bible and our lives together can be stressful and unnerving—which is a problem if faith and correct thinking are deemed inseparable. “What does it mean to be human?” does not have as clear a biblical answer as it once had.”
― The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
― The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
“All it took to rock my certainty was a conversation over lunch. I don’t claim to have the answers for many of the things that challenge my faith, but this I do believe: I see these moments are invitations to leave my comfort zone and trust God from a place of childlike vulnerability, rather than from a position of power and authority. And yes, that can be unsettling, unnerving, and even frightening. Leaving home usually is, but I don’t think that trust in God is cultivated unless we do.”
― The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
― The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
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