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When Goodness Doesn’t Make Sense
If ultimate authority is given to our senses, then doubts about God’s goodness will abound. However, if God’s goodness depends primarily on His own special self-revelation in Scripture, then the here...
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A Conversation with God for the Doubter in All of Us
On a dark night in Jerusalem a couple thousand years ago, a doubter looking for answers made arrangements for a clandestine meeting with Jesus. “It seems like you are from God, but it’s hard to...
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Lessons from Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering by Makoto...
On the surface, Shusaku Endo’s novel appears to be all about martyrdom, betrayal, and failure. But, as Makoto Fujimura artfully unearths, Silence is more deeply a story of God’s grace. God’s glory is...
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Lessons from Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering by Makoto...
Where is God when faith fails, missions fall apart, and outcomes are unclear? What possible beauty could be seen in places of (real or symbolic) death? Makoto Fujimura, an internationally renowned...
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God Knows Our Doubts
Insecurity in our relationship with God is a fairly common experience. While many of us can be reassured of God’s love fairly easily, for some individuals, anxiety over their salvation can be so...
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Does God Love Me? How to Help When God Seems To Turn Away, Part Two
This is the second of a two-part article to help a trial-weary believer wrestling with hopelessness due to doubts about God’s love. Please read Part One, describing possible factors to explore, before...
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Does God Love Me? Understanding Doubt When God Seems to Turn Away, Part One
For a child of God to believe that God disapproves of her (or worse, opposes her), is to live in horror and misery. This blog post attempts an inside look at this experience so that you may consider...
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Stewarding Our Doubts
Doubt is a normal Christian experience. Those who say they have never had any doubts are possibly lying or simply not being very thoughtful. The Psalms are full of questions that the author asks...
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Between the Lines: Law, Gospel, and the Doubt of Salvation
This week’s mini-series on the BCC Grace and Truth blog addresses counseling those who doubt their salvation. In this first article, Joshua Waulk discusses how a lack of understanding of the law/gospel...
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If They Can’t Make It, How Can I?
One of our favorite shows in the Brooks household is BBC’s Planet Earth. Each episode is striking as the filmmakers have patiently and painstakingly compiled footage of some of the rarest and hardest...
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Trusting God With Your Fertility
For couples who are newly married or just starting to try for a baby, there are many uncertainties and frustrations. What if we can’t get pregnant? What if we need to do fertility treatments? The fear...
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Seek the Lord in Times of Trouble
Throughout church history, well-known servants of the Lord experienced deep despair. Preachers like Charles Spurgeon and Martyn-Lloyd Jones, the missionary David Brainerd, and the hymn writer William...
View ArticleHow does God view you?
How does God view you? That question shapes many of our actions and reactions in life. We often find ourselves counseling with individuals who have these kinds of thoughts stuck in their head over...
View ArticleWhen a Christian Struggles with Doubt
When you’re a Christian and struggle with doubt, you may wonder what’s wrong with you. You may even think your doubts prove you were never a Christian in the first place or, at best, a horrible...
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Scene #1. I had to get blood drawn recently. The blood was to be used for a procedure in which it would significantly aid healing. A small group of phlebotomists tried one arm, then the other, and then...
View ArticleJonah: It’s a Big God Story
What do you think about when a storm comes into your life? When things are really bad for you, how do you think about the bad things? Where does your mind go? This resource deals with those questions....
View ArticleChrist Is Not Sophisticated Enough For What I Am Going Through
Jeremy & Carol do not like each other. Jeremy is passive and Carol is hurt. Carol has been in therapy for many years and their problems have not gone away and their marriage is no better off...
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Book Review of Doubt: Trusting God’s Promises by Elyse Fitzpatrick
As a Christian, do you secretly wrestle with doubt and unbelief? Do you find it difficult to believe that God’s promises are for you? I believe most Christians struggle with doubt at some point in...
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Brokenness
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is...
View ArticleFace-to-Face with Poor Health
There’s one trial that comes for us all, and that’s the inevitable decline of our bodies. Whether acute or chronic, life-altering or potentially life-ending, chances are many of our conversations with...
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