death and doubt

Posted on November 19, 2007  by Geoff Matheson
Filed Under Discipleship

I’m aware that this blog has tended to lean towards a more theoretical approach to issues, so here is a specific practical situation for your reflections. In our Sunday morning youth session, we were discussing how we deal with (rather than ignore) doubts, and in the small group discussion afterwards had one of our girls asking their leader-person the following question (or words to that effect):

I’ve got a friend who has had three of her friends die in the past year and now they’re not sure if they believe in God. What should I tell them?

It’s a scary question, and by the sounds of it our leader-person did an admirable job in trying her best to handle it. But I’m intrigued to hear what you, the wise readers out there think. How does someone respond to that situation?

About Geoff Matheson

Geoff is a 23 year old database administrator who has birthed amateurtheology.org from some crazy thoughts he had early one Monday morning. Geoff does his best to sound lots smarter than he actually is. He also runs some youth stuff at Yarra Valley Vineyard, and he is married to the very lovely Rebecca.

Geoff's site: http://www.geoffreport.com/wp/

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2 Responses to “death and doubt”

  1. Rick on November 20th, 2007 4:14 am

    To the person posing the question, “What do you think about God in relation to the death of these friends?”

  2. John on November 23rd, 2007 10:26 am

    Hi, Im from Melbourne.

    Please check out an Illuminated Understanding of death and dying via the references below.
    Altogether the author points out that understanding the meaning and significance of death is the key to right life altogether—otherwise every dimension of ones being is crippled by a hell deep fear and trembling.

    1. http://www.easydeathbook.com
    2. htttp://www.dualsens.htm
    3. http://www.adidam.org/death_and_dying/index.html

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