Quotes About Doubt

The few marvelous exceptions have marked me forever, but I wonder why so many believers believe so little of Jesus. Either He no longer does what the Bible says, or we don't give Him the chance.

Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were complaining about this, asked them, "Does this offend you?" John 6:61

FAILURE TO BELIEVE GOD'S UNFAILING LOVE

At times we'll be tempted to think, "If Christ is who He says He is, and can do what He says He can do, and I am His beloved, why isn't He coming through for me?

Jacob, why do you say, and Israel, why do you assert: "My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God"? Isaiah 40:27

And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief. Matthew 13:58

We were already getting along poorly enough that I figured we'd marry.

Even though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him. John 12:37

We must cease to accept the visible as if it's the only possible solution and start believing what God says over what man sees.

Moses asked God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" Exodus 3:11

Unbelief. Oh, they believed in God. Their oversight was that they simply didn't believe the God they believed in.

When we respond to attacks of doubt, distortion, and deceit with the truth of God's Word, the fiery dart is extinguished and the enemy takes another hit.

Father, so often I feel like the boy's father who first exclaimed, "I do believe!" then in a flood of sincerity cried out, "Help me overcome my unbelief!" (Mark 9:24) Please help me to overcome my own unbelief, Lord, so I can start taking You at Your Word.

Then Jesus said to him, "'If You can?' Everything is possible to the one who believes." Mark 9:23

Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" Matthew 9:28

Who are you— anyone who talks back to God? Romans 9:20

I know we journalists have a reputation for being cynics. We do. It's our job to question - everything.

I always felt I wouldn't be able to carry off what the directors require from me. Luckily, I manage.

As things may turn out in the future, people may (though I doubt it) find that their work gives them all the enjoyment - physical, intellectual or aesthetic - which they may require. That certainly is not so now.

Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.

By competent evidence, is meant such as the nature of the thing to be proved requires; and by satisfactory evidence, is meant that amount of proof, which ordinarily satisfies an unprejudiced mind, beyond any reasonable doubt.

If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal with serious objections properly.

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions you'd rather not know the answers to.

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.