Jesus never said, "there's no room for doubt"

Sermon preached at St Paul's Church, Oadby
Sunday 12 February 2006 - Family / Parade service
Simon Harvey
In church for the sermon: 86 adults and 20 children of all ages

Have you noticed most of the questions asked in church come from the preacher? Are we trained to switch off our questioning minds when we worship? If Jesus encouraged his friends to ask questions, and to be honest about their unbelief, can we take the same risk with our faith?

This is a deliberately light and humorous sermon - aimed full square at the all-age congregation. But there's a serious point too. Faith is not the same thing as certainty. (To avoid confusion, the 'thing of beauty' is Simon's motorbike, which makes an appearance at 12 minutes 45 seconds.)

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The bible reading used in this sermon is Mark 9.14-29