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Secular Age Makes Everyone Thomas Now
- Secular society makes doubt the default because beliefs become contestable and no longer axiomatic.
- John Mark Comer cites Charles Taylor and Jamie Smith to show everyone now faces cross-pressures of rival life stories in cities like Portland.
John The Baptist's Unexpected Doubt
- John the Baptist, who witnessed Jesus' baptism and proclaimed him Messiah, nonetheless doubts while imprisoned.
- Comer uses John's prison doubt to mirror modern believers who question God amid suffering and unmet expectations.
Messiah Proved By Healing Not War
- Jesus answers John's doubt by pointing to Isaiah's prophecies: healing and good news prove Messianic identity without military victory.
- Comer emphasizes Jesus deliberately omits deliverance for prisoners to signal a nonviolent kingdom.