We Who Wrestle — With God - Perceptions Of The Di...

It means understanding that the opposite of faith is not doubt—it is indifference. Doubt is the language of someone still engaged. As the theologian Paul Tillich wrote, “Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.”

We who wrestle with God today know this limp. It is the ache of unanswered prayer, the scar of doubt after a tragedy, the fatigue of trying to hold onto belief in a culture that has declared God dead or irrelevant. Yet that very limp is proof that the struggle was real. You cannot be wounded by a phantom. We Who Wrestle with God - Perceptions of the Di...

The stranger complies. But he does not offer prosperity or peace. He offers a wound, a new name, and a question: “Why is it that you ask my name?” It means understanding that the opposite of faith