DOUBT Further Reading | Deep, Deeper, Deepest

Disciples are not people who never doubt. They doubt and worship. They doubt and serve. They doubt and help each other with their doubts. To be a community where everybody can be open about their faith and open about their doubts is  a great gift!

This summer, we’ll be exploring the important role of doubt in our individual and community development. The goal is humility more than certainty; inquiry—not inquisition. We’re inviting you to embrace doubt as a necessary companion and explore how to travel through doubt with both intellectual rigor and an open heart to Jesus. We will explore some of the significant intellectual barriers people of genuine faith experience through the 5-week series.

We can't cover all the questions and all the answers to each of the 5 topics—nor do we have all the answers. Here are some resources for further reading and exploration as you engage your heart and mind. 

Week 1 | Is Jesus Dead? 

• Deep
  The Reason for God, Chapter 13 by Tim Keller
  Miracles, Chapter 8 by Eric Metaxas

• Deeper
  The Case for the Resurrection by Lee Strobel

• Deepest
  The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. Wright

Week 2 | Is God a Genocidal Maniac ?

• Deep
  Reknew Video Blog post

• Deeper
  Blog Post with N.T. Wright

• Deepest
  The Crucifixion of the Warrior God by Greg Boyd
  Letters from a Skeptic, Chapter 20 by Greg Boyd

Week 3 | Did God Give Mom Cancer?

• Deep
  Letters from a Skeptic, Chapter 10 by Greg Boyd
  The Reason for God, Chapter 2 by Tim Keller

• Deeper
  The Case for Faith, Chapter 5 by Lee Strobel
  A Grace Disguised by Jerry Sittser

• Deepest
  The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis

Week 4 | Is God Narrow-Minded?

• Deep
  The Case for Faith chapter 5 by Lee Strobel

• Deeper
  The Reason for God Chapter 1 by Tim Keller

• Deepest
  Alvin Plantinga, “A Defense of Religious Exclusivism,” in The Analytic Theist, ed. James F. Sennett (Eerdmans, 1998), p. 205. 

Week 5 | Is God Sending Good People to Hell?

• Deep
  The Case for Faith, Chapter 6 by Lee Strobel

• Deeper
  The Reason for God, Chapter 5 by Tim Keller

• Deepest
  The Problem of Pain, Chapter 8 and The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis