Trust & Doubt

“When he doesn't do it in a manner that I think it should be done or a time frame that I think it would be nice, then I realize that what I'm really looking for is, is it relationship or is it a transactional thing that gets him to deliver on what I need.”

— Jimmy, Ep 108

“That hope can turn into a demand that God come through in a certain way. And when he doesn't come through, then we step away from him in big ways. Sometimes people step away entirely.”

— Jimmy, Ep 168

“We make our own little story or narrative, theology, whatever you want to call it, of who God is that doesn't meet up with who he is in his word. And then we get angry at that construct that we've made, because that's not what God said at all.”

— Suzi, Ep 064

“Although faith feels like it's blind, my faith is in something solid. I read his word, I read about him, and I'm grounded in who he is, not in the circumstances. It's not the amount of faith I have, it's the object of my faith, which is Christ.”

— Jimmy & Suzi, Ep 008

“We know the story that he does rescue them, but it's that line, ‘and even if he doesn't, we're not going to bow down to you, Nebuchadnezzar’ — because God is more satisfying than even rescue.”

— Jimmy & Suzi, Ep 002

“Here's the other thing that's amazing about Job to me: he never stops going after God. So when he's struggling, when he's suffering, he continues to pursue God. I would think that that's one of the things that defines struggling well: when I will not turn away from God even though I don't understand.”

— Jimmy, Ep 050