Sermon - 4/16/23

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Religion

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I love the questions our young people often feel free to ask. In fact, I wish more adults would feel free to ask similar questions. Anyway, on multiple occasions, I have received from our youth questions about faith, the life of Jesus, questions about the existence of God, and questions that show they have an element of doubt regarding many aspects of faith. I truly encourage these questions because that is how we learn, that is how we grow, and that is how we are taken to new places. Austrian poet and novelist, Rainer Maria Rilke, once said, “Live the questions!” I truly believe that is the best way we learn. I also believe that as Christians, when we ask questions, we need to be honest about our doubt. Far too often the church has discouraged doubt. However, doubt is really a healthy aspect of faith. In fact, theologian, Paul Tillich, said doubt is a very necessary element of faith. And, theologian, Frederick Buechner, writes these words about doubt, “Whether your faith is that there is a God or that there is not a God, if you don’t have any doubts, you are either kidding yourself or asleep. Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.” (Wishful Thinking.) </span

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