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Sermons on Doubt

10 sermons in the archive.

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Recognizing the Right Messiah

Hans-Erik Nelson · Matthew 11:2–11 · December 14, 2025

You'll hear why John the Baptist, who baptized Jesus, still sent disciples to ask 'are you really the one?' and what his doubt reveals about the gap between the Messiah we want and the one Scripture actually describes.

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Death Is Not the Last Stop

Hans-Erik Nelson · Luke 24:1–12 · April 20, 2025

You'll hear why the resurrection isn't just a past event to celebrate once a year, but the opening move in the ongoing defeat of death, and what that means for the grief, fear, and unanswered questions you're carrying right now.

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Believe Without Proof

Hans-Erik Nelson · John 20:24–31 · February 23, 2025

You'll see how the same impulse that made Thomas demand to touch Jesus' wounds shows up today when strangers interrogate disabled people in parking lots, and what a resurrection faith actually asks of you instead.

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When God Feels Absent

Hans-Erik Nelson · Exodus 17:1–7 · October 1, 2023

You'll hear why the Israelites kept forgetting God's presence even after witnessing miracle after miracle, and what that pattern reveals about the times you find yourself asking whether God is really there.

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God's Faithfulness Holds You

Hans-Erik Nelson · Romans 4:16–25 · May 21, 2023

You'll come away with a clearer picture of what faith actually is: not a feeling you have to force, but a growing conviction that God keeps his word, even when you don't keep yours.

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Doubt as the Door to Belief

Victoria Gilmore · John 20:19-31 · April 16, 2023

You'll see how Thomas — far from being a failure of faith — models exactly what it looks like to bring your hardest questions to Jesus and find him already waiting there to meet you.

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When God Says Please

Hans-Erik Nelson · Genesis 22:1–19 · August 14, 2022

You'll discover a single Hebrew word hidden inside one of the Bible's most disturbing commands, and why that word suggests God's relationship with Abraham was far more tender than a simple test of obedience.

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Don't Panic, But Be Ready

Victoria Gilmore · Mark 13:1-8 · November 14, 2021

You'll hear why Jesus refused to give a date for the end of the world, and what that refusal actually asks of you in the meantime: not fear, not indifference, but a specific kind of faithful, peaceful readiness.

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Small Faith, Open Hands

Hans-Erik Nelson · Luke 1:26–38 · December 20, 2020

You'll see the difference between Mary's question and Zechariah's doubt, and what that contrast means for the times your own faith feels thin or worn down.

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Recognized in the Breaking

Hans-Erik Nelson · Luke 24:13-35 · April 19, 2020

You'll hear why the disciples on the road to Emmaus couldn't see Jesus even while walking beside him, and what it looks like when recognition finally breaks through the confusion in your own life.