Tyler Tankersley

Commentary

Tyler Tankersley is the pastor of First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. He is married to Jessica and together they have three young children, Henry, Owen, and Charlotte.

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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