Resources
For Those Who Doubt
Doubt is a difficult thing. It is discernible and dark. Some people fear doubt the way a child fears shadows in the night. The body cannot wrestle with shadows but the mind does. But doubt is not necessarily a dangerous thing. The Scriptures brim with the hopes and fears of the history of our world. Ordinary people, and great people too; doubt and doxology in a convergent stream. In dark times, find some bit of theology to chew on. Wrestle through it and don't give up. Lash your resolve to the Word and tether your heart to the heavens; vent your anguish to God and cry, "I won't let You go until You bless me!" (Mark 9) Then fall into the grip that has held you all along. I'm not asking you to blindly accept my message; I'm asking you to wrestle through it. I'm asking you to know what you believe and why you believe it. The invitation has been extended, "Come let us reason together." And yes, the context is for believers in the clutch of a consuming doubt. Below you will find a growing list of resources to bless, comfort, or otherwise aid you to find doxology in your doubt.
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Guilt & Shame
Someone once explained the difference between guilt and shame this way:
“Guilt has to do with what you’ve done; shame has to do with what you are. The distinction is important.”
Still, for many, the result of both conditions is the same — alienation from God and others. But the same Bible that speaks so forcefully against sin, also speaks a message of healing, of redemption for both the guilty and the shamed.
Audio Resources
Books
- Rid of My Disgrace (Holcomb & Holcomb)
- Shame Interrupted (Ed Welch)
- The Freedom of Self-forgetfulness (Tim Keller)
- What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care? (Ed Welch)
More video resources:
The following link presents a video that is not presented from a Christian perspective, but it offers wonderful insight into the space between guilt and shame — a space that Jesus filled with the Cross: Listening to Shame
- Rid of My Disgrace (Holcomb & Holcomb)
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Miscellaneous
Resources By Topic
Body Image
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Home & Family Issues
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Bible Study Tools
Scripture Memorization
Bible Study
- esv.org
- Bible Arc
- biblegateway.com
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Logos Bible Software
- Olive Tree
Further Study
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Suffering
Internet Resources
Books
- Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free (Tullian Tchividjian)
- A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God’s Sovereignty (Joni Eareckson Tada)
- Has Christianity Failed You? (Ravi Zacharias)
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Abandoned by God?
Internet Resources
Books
- Deserted By God? (Sinclair Ferguson)
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Grief & Loss
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Disability
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Depression
Internet Resources
Books
- Christians Get Sad Too (David Murray)
- Depression: Looking Up From This Stubborn Darkness (Ed Welch)
- Spiritual Depression (Martin Lloyd Jones)
- When I Don’t Desire God: How to Fight for Joy (John Piper)
Video Resources
"When you hear a man talk in agony, remember he is hurt. Be patient and reverent with what you don't understand."
— Oswald Chambers, "In the Shadow of an Agony"
