The benefit of the doubt
Sunday, September 4, 2016
There is a story from the Gospel of Mark in which a man comes to Jesus and asks him to heal the man's son. Jesus says to the man, "If you believe, all things are possible." The man does not respond with some canned, cliche platitude you might find slapped on a mug in a Christian store. Instead, the man gives an honest and complex answer: He begins to weep and cries, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!" (Mark 9:23-25).
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