Praying Through Doubt (Remastered)

Psalms E4 — In this short series on the Psalms, we’ve aimed to adopt the language of these ancient poems as a guide for our own prayers. In this final teaching, Tim explores the doubt and crisis of faith presented in Psalm 73. When the poet looks at the world around him, he sees little that his faith can explain. But rather than suppressing his doubt, the poet chooses to work through his doubt by giving full voice to it before God. Tim gave this message at Door of Hope Church in Portland, Oregon, on July 21, 2013.

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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REFERENCED RESOURCES

• Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (Author) and M. D. Herter Norton (Translator)
• A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
• Tim mentions Alvin Plantinga’s philosophical argument related to the problem of evil. Though not mentioned in the teaching, an accessible work that presents his argument is God, Freedom, and Evil.
• Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

• “Nob Hill (Instrumental)” by Drexler

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today's episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Aaron Olsen edited and remastered today's episode. JB Witty writes our show notes. 

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