When Doctrine Makes Us Uncomfortable

What makes you uncomfortable? Itchy clothes, conversations over politics, dog hair in your food, shoes that aren’t the right size, extended silences in discussions, and phone calls are all things that can make some of us uncomfortable at times. We feel antsy and want to find an escape. 

Doctrine may have made you feel uncomfortable as well. Has someone ever shared their theology with you and it made you feel uneasy? Perhaps a friend, a fellow churchgoer, or a co-worker brought up a theological topic with you, and when they shared their perspective you felt that desire to escape. As sweat pricked the back of your neck, you wondered how you could get away from this conversation the quickest. 

Two ditches lie on either side of the believer when theology leaves us disquieted. In one ditch, if a theological position causes you to feel antsy, you should flee from it—any sense of discomfort or disturbance should cause us to run in the opposite direction. In the other ditch, people yell in all-caps that theology shouldn’t be dictated by our feelings—simply ignore them because the truth is truth despite what we feel. 

Is there a place in-between where we can say yes and no to both of these automatic responses? 

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