The Vespers Project - Season 2 - Episode 6 : Faith and Doubt
Host Ben Pruitt discusses Faith and Doubt with his guest…
Show Notes:
Songs -
Phase, Beck
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Cycle, Beck
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The Beautiful Letdown, Switchfoot
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The Day I Found God, Switchfoot
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Where the Light Shines Through, Switchfoot
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Quotes -
“Faith is God’s work in us, that changes us and gives new birth… it transforms our hearts, our spirits, our thoughts and all our powers… Faith is a living, bold trust in God’s grace, so certain of God’s favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it.” - Martin Luther
“What we talk about when we talk about God”… “Take faith, for example. For many people in our world, the opposite of faith is doubt. The goal, then, within this understanding, is to eliminate doubt. But faith and doubt aren’t opposites. Doubt is often a sign that your faith has a pulse, that it’s alive and well and exploring and searching. Faith and Doubt aren’t opposites; they are, it turns out, excellent dance partners.” - Rob Bell
Doubt - Doubt camped out in the living room last week. I told him that we had had too many house guests. Doubt doesn’t listen. He keeps saying the same thing again and again and again until I completely forget what I am trying to tell him. Doubt is demanding and not very generous, but I appreciate his honesty.
Faith - Faith lives in the same apartment building as Doubt. When Faith was out of town visiting her uncle in the hospital, Doubt fed the cat and watered the asparagus fern. Faith is comfortable with Doubt because she grew up with him. Their mothers are cousins. Faith is not dogmatic about her beliefs like some of her relatives. Her friends fear that Faith is a bit stupid. They whisper that she is naive and she depends on Doubt to protect her from the meanness of life. In fact, it is the other way around. It is Faith who protects Doubt from Cynicism.
- J. Ruth Gendler
Acknowledgments -
As always - a huge thank you to Blue Ridge Leaders School for inspiring this podcast. I want to thank Ben Gant for his creativity and graphic design. A huge thank you to everyone for submitting a Vespers to the project, and especially to Jason Wykoff for being a friend and for allowing me to learn and grow through his friendship. Lastly - thanks to the Ark of E for hosting our Podcast and giving us a platform to allow others to enjoy this art.