Tag: Doubt

• Little Faith

  Matthew 14:22-33 – 8/9/2026 – The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost You of little faith, why did you doubt? Matthew 14:31 (NRSVue) Jesus walks on the water, the surface of the Sea of Galilee. Peter sees this, and says, “Me too!” and jumps out onto the waves. Once Peter realizes what he is doing, that he…

  Justin R Marquis

  August 16, 2026

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  bible, christianity, Doubt, faith, god, gospel-of-matthew, jesus, lectionary, little-faith, lutheran, peter, theology

• The Troubling Sides of Faith

  Psalm 78:1-8, 17-29 – 8/3/2026 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of rage; a fire was kindled against Jacob, his anger mounted against Israel, because they had no faith in God and did not trust his saving power. Psalm 78:21-22 (NRSVue) Lately for the daily lectionary reflection, I have written about scripture that…

  Justin R Marquis

  August 8, 2026

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  ambiguity, bible, christianity, contradiction, deconstruction, Doubt, faith, god, jesus, lectionary, lutheran, psalms, tension, theology

• Disappointments in Faith

  Matthew 7:7-11 – 8/1/2026 Everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:8 (NRSVue) Here is one of Jesus’s most famous teachings found in Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount. Jesus promises that asking, searching, and knocking will produce results, gifts from God. As…

  Justin R Marquis

  August 7, 2026

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  bible, christianity, Doubt, faith, god, God’s Nature, God’s promises, gospel-of-matthew, jesus, lectionary, lutheran, problem of evil, Sermon on the Mount, theology