The Impact of Assumptions and Judgments on Faith

What if doubt isn’t the enemy of faith but the beginning of deeper belief? On this episode of Being Human, Steve Cuss explores spiritual deconstruction and the way writers like Frederick Buechner and Madeleine L’Engle paved the way for honest, Christ-centered wrestling with belief. Sharing personal stories and biblical insight, Steve unpacks how anxiety, reactivity, and certainty can block spiritual growth—and how curiosity and vulnerability open the door to true connection with Jesus and others. If your faith is shifting, this episode offers clarity, hope, and a path toward deeper belief and renewal.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• A conversation with Philip Yancey on faith and doubt

• Excerpts from the works of Frederick Buechner on faith despite doubt

• Madeleine L’Engle on those without doubt (video clip)

• Madeleine L’Engle on faith (video clip)

• The meaning of the disciples’ doubt in Matthew 28:17

• Jude 1:22 and what it means to have mercy on those who doubt 

• John 8 and lessons of the woman caught in adultery

“Have Mercy on Those Who Doubt” by Jon Bloom

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