Apologetics and Theology Blog How Certain Do We Need to Be in Our Faith? Stephen Bedard, December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 This is an interesting question to reflect on. You could say that I’m not certain how to respond. A good place to begin might be my own nature. I am a skeptic by nature. It was skepticism that caused me first to walk away from the church. It was skepticism… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog What Not to Do and What to Do When Someone Doubts Stephen Bedard, August 29, 2019August 30, 2019 We have been hearing a lot about people struggling with doubt and even walking away from the faith. I remember as a youth pastor having one of the youth, who had seemed strong in his faith, come out as an “apatheist.” It was tough. How we react when someone comes… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog What Should You Do If You Begin to Doubt? Stephen Bedard, August 16, 2019 There have been a number of recent stories about high profile Christians either announcing they have left the faith or that their faith is shaky. However, there are plenty of people that we have never heard of going through doubt all the time. What should we do if we experience… Continue Reading
Leadership and Ministry Blog When Pastors Doubt Stephen Bedard, January 25, 2018January 25, 2021 I remember as a teenager listening to our minister say during the service that he had one time doubts about Christianity. It really shocked me. Pastors should be giants in the faith, never having a doubt about the smallest thing. The truth is that as long as pastors continue to… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog What to Do When You Experience Doubt Stephen Bedard, March 2, 2017June 15, 2020 Some Christians think that doubt is the worst possible thing to happen to a believer. It is so bad that it must by buried deep down, never to see the light of day. I think that view of doubt is unfortunate. I see doubt as being a natural part of… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Redeeming Doubting Thomas Stephen Bedard, August 13, 2016September 30, 2019 If you were one of Jesus’ twelve apostles, how would you like to be remembered by history? Simon gets to be the Rock. James and John get to be the Sons of Thunder. Thomas? Thomas gets to be Doubting Thomas. I must confess that I have a soft spot for… Continue Reading
Sermons Faith, Doubt and the Unexpected Stephen Bedard, May 2, 2016October 11, 2019 A sermon preached at Queen Street Baptist Church on Luke 7:18-28. Introduction Would you describe yourself as gullible or skeptical? I must confess that one of my guilty privileges is having fun with gullible people. I once convinced a lady that I had invented a solar-powered flashlight that unfortunately only… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Can Faith and Doubt Coexist? Stephen Bedard, March 18, 2016March 18, 2020 I appreciated this short video by Bruxy Cavey on faith and doubt. I don’t believe experiencing and expressing doubts is something that will lead away from Jesus. I think it is more dangerous to have a culture where doubts are forbidden and condemned. A book that I really appreciated on… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Tim Keller on Doubt Stephen Bedard, March 31, 2013December 5, 2019 Many Christians believe all doubt is bad. I really like what Tim Keller shares in his introduction to The Reason for God. “A faith without some doubts is like a human body without any antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask hard… Continue Reading