Tullian Tchividjian Quotes

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.

I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

We may not ever fully understand why God allows the suffering that devastates our lives. We may not ever find the right answers to how we'll dig ourselves out.

Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.

Sometimes, I feel like I'm lost. But I've always said that I believe in God.

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

Seeing is believing and believing is knowing and knowing beats unknowing and the unknown.

Things I don't understand don't destroy my faith in the things I do understand.

We must not let go manifest truths because we cannot answer all questions about them.

God, I am afraid he won't give me his answer today. If only somebody would help me - it is all so terribly depressing.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

When my wife got sick, I didn't understand why God was doing what he was doing.

Sometimes I have a hard time distinguishing between faith and hope.

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

It's not that I don't believe in miracles, but I never quite trust that they're real.

Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.

I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.