Doubt Night
I sponsored a “Doubt Night.” I said, “I want to talk about my own doubts about God, Jesus, the Bible, salvation, faith. And if you have some, bring them. Write them down and pass them forward, we’ll read them and we’ll see what happens.” We had a huge box—you would not believe—and I just started going through them, reading them and discussing them. It was so awesome.
A lot of pastors, if they did a doubt night, would be speaking to where their people actually live. I actually think people who have been Christians the longest often have the biggest doubts, because they’ve been living it, and yet there are still things unresolved. And that’s okay.
This is central to what it means to be a person of faith. A question implies there are things I don’t know. So bringing questions and doubts are a form of respect for God.
Rob Bell is the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church, Grand Rapids