King Herod: Fear, Faith, and Doubt
Reflections
For many people, the opposite of faith is doubt. The goal, then, within this understanding, is to eliminate doubt. But faith and doubt aren’t opposites. Doubt is often a sign that your faith has a pulse, that you’re owning your path, engaged, thinking, feeling, that your heart is alive and well and exploring and searching. Faith and doubt aren’t opposites; they are, it turns out, excellent dance partners.
— Rob Bell
- Portraits of different people:
- King Herod
- Indecision – not the same Herod as in birth of Jesus time (Mark’s mocking)
- Perplexed, in doubt
- Herodias
- Vengeance – a grudge that kills one’s soul
- John
- Freedom – even though in chains, in prison
