Scripture
John 20:27
Acts 5:12-16; Psalms 118:2-4,13-15,22-24; Revelations 1:9-13,17-19; John 20:19-31
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“… unless I can put my hand into His side, I refuse to believe.” So says the Apostle Thomas in today’s Gospel Lesson.
“Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.” So said the famous Jewish Novelist, Isaac Singer.
“While certainty is of value, the important thing is not to stop questioning.” So said Albert Einstein.
“If a man will begin with certainties, he will end in doubt; but if he will begin with doubts, he will end in certainties.” So said the philosopher Francis Bacon.
Perhaps the most telling words ever written about doubt came from the pen of the celebrated author, Thomas Carlyle: “If you are ever in doubt as to whether or not you should kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.”
“Doubting Thomas” began with doubts and ended in certainties. If life had been a pretty girl, he not only would have kissed her, he would have proposed marriage. Thomas learned that…
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