Doubt

August 17, 2026

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The story of a baby girl who drowned after a faulty hinge on her playpen gave way is where this talk begins. Her mother had set her in the yard on a beautiful summer day, perfectly safe. Then the doorbell rang. In that single moment, the hinge failed, the panel fell, and the baby crawled into the pool. "Ese fue el principio de un dolor y una culpa que las palabras no pueden expresar," the speaker says. The birth of a baby makes us thank God, but the death of a baby calls his entire existence into question. If those parents asked him why God did not intervene, standing in front of a tiny white coffin, his honest answer would be: "No lo sé." That refusal to offer a cheap answer or a theological formula is the foundation of everything that follows.

Faith, Doubt, and the Parachute

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1 (00:04) **The Unanswerable Tragedy** - Opens with the story of a baby who drowns in a family pool, setting up the core problem of innocent suffering.
2 (04:45) **The Equation of Faith and Doubt** - Introduces the central thesis: faith and doubt are inseparable parts of the Christian life, not opposites.
3 (06:49) **The Great Parachute Choice** - Develops the parachute metaphor to explain the risk of faith versus the folly of certainty.
4 (08:05) **Living in the Same World** - Acknowledges that Christians experience the same pain, death, and lack of scientific proof as non-believers.
5 (10:10) **Doubt as a Subestimated Gift** - Argues that doubt is a healthy, God-given gift, not a sign of weak faith.
6 (13:54) **Three Categories of Doubt: Part 1 - Lack of Evidence** - Explores the first major doubt: why doesn't God provide clearer proof of His existence?
7 (20:05) **Three Categories of Doubt: Part 2 - The Fallen Church** - Examines the doubt caused by the hypocrisy and failures of believers.

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Show Notes

Algunos cristianos piensan, erróneamente, que la fe y la duda son excluyentes. La realidad es que, mientras tengamos fe, también tendremos dudas. La duda puede ser una oportunidad para ejercitar nuestra fe; nos impulsa a buscar la verdad y a no conformarnos con el “dios que nos vendieron o nos heredaron”, ni con la imagen del “dios que nos imaginamos”. A veces, nos vendría bien un poco de modesta incertidumbre, aunque eso sea mal visto en nuestro ámbito religioso.