Doubt

In lining up a sermon on Psalm 73 I came across some excellent thoughts from Os Guiness in his old book 'Doubt - faith in two minds'

'Faith is the ass of the modern world... [Like harsh treatment of a donkey] many Christian's drive their faith unfairly when they believe, and then they flog it unmercifully when they doubt. In both cases they have been led to believe that true faith is doubt free and that doubt is the same thing (and just as sinful) as unbelief'

'Doubt is not the opposite of faith, nor is it the same as unbelief. Doubt is a state of mind in suspension between faith and unbelief so that it is neither of them wholly and it is each one only partly'

'Anyone who believes anything will automatically know something about doubt. But the person who knows why they believe is in a position to discover why they doubt. The Christian should be such a person'

'If faith does not resolve doubt then doubt will dissolve faith'

...i guess there'll be plenty more from where those came from.