Introductory Note

"Thomas the Doubter" is obviously an Easter sermon. However, for Christians every Lord's Day is Easter, because ours is a Resurrection faith. Without the Resurrection, we have nothing distinctive -- for our own comfort and growth or for a world in pain. In "Thomas the Doubter" I hazard a hypothesis about Thomas' life prior to his meeting Jesus. The hypothesis seems fairly plausible. His nickname, Didymus, appears in the biblical record (John 11:16). "Thomas the Doubter" argues for the value of honest doubt as an integral part of authentic Christian faith. In an age of dizzying change and awesome uncertainty, the sellers of closed systems with cut-and-dried answers are getting rich. We need not, we cannot afford to, envy them.

Scripture: John 20:19-29

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