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9780825443664 English 0825443660 After spending years with an undiagnosed panic disorder, Ann Sullivan knows that doubt has many faces. In Permission to Doubt she gathers personal and biblical wisdom to help you identify and use your doubt as a foundation for a stronger, deeper faith. Book jacket., Ann C. Sullivan has challenged and encouraged thousands of women as an international speaker. In her first book, Permission to Doubt, she offers a candid look at when her faith and reason collided. Through a thirteen-year struggle with an undiagnosed panic disorder, Ann learned several valuable lessons: Never shy away from the big questions. Always follow the evidence to its logical conclusion. And genuine truth doesn't buckle under the bright lights of interrogation. Ann uses these lessons to help readers recognize doubt and also shares unique step-by-step solutions in which faith can be reinforced in the midst of our struggle. Using personal examples and an intensely practical approach, Permission to Doubt informs, challenges, and encourages those who'd like to take their faith a little deeper. It's an honest look at what faith is--where it comes from, how it's threatened, and how it can be strengthened., Nothing terrifies us more than the moment we begin to doubt our faith. We suddenly wonder if anything makes sense. If God is real, how could He allow this pain? Didn't I pray enough? Didn't I believe enough? Maybe I was wrong.When doubt strikes, we often feel we have only two options: stifle all questions or reject everything we've been taught. Permission to Doubt offers a third option: the possibility that doubt can provide a foundation for a stronger faith.Author and speaker Ann C. Sullivan knows the pain and distress of doubt. Following a thirteen-year struggle with an undiagnosed panic disorder, she was blindsided by questions she never thought she'd have. In this arena, she is the veteran, able to tell the reader, "I know exactly how you feel, and it is OK."Adversity has a way of catapulting us into an exploration of our belief systems, and while Sullivan encourages the investigation before the bottom drops out, she also hears a collective sigh of relief whenever she speaks on doubt and people discover they're not alone.Sullivan believes that no question is off limits and welcomes them into the light, convinced that it's in darkness confusions flourish. With personal examples and practical solutions, Sullivan identifies the three types of doubt--spiritual, emotional, and intellectual--and develops strategies to deal with each. She details step-by-step solutions and practical ways in which faith can be strengthened.
9780825443664 English 0825443660 After spending years with an undiagnosed panic disorder, Ann Sullivan knows that doubt has many faces. In Permission to Doubt she gathers personal and biblical wisdom to help you identify and use your doubt as a foundation for a stronger, deeper faith. Book jacket., Ann C. Sullivan has challenged and encouraged thousands of women as an international speaker. In her first book, Permission to Doubt, she offers a candid look at when her faith and reason collided. Through a thirteen-year struggle with an undiagnosed panic disorder, Ann learned several valuable lessons: Never shy away from the big questions. Always follow the evidence to its logical conclusion. And genuine truth doesn't buckle under the bright lights of interrogation. Ann uses these lessons to help readers recognize doubt and also shares unique step-by-step solutions in which faith can be reinforced in the midst of our struggle. Using personal examples and an intensely practical approach, Permission to Doubt informs, challenges, and encourages those who'd like to take their faith a little deeper. It's an honest look at what faith is--where it comes from, how it's threatened, and how it can be strengthened., Nothing terrifies us more than the moment we begin to doubt our faith. We suddenly wonder if anything makes sense. If God is real, how could He allow this pain? Didn't I pray enough? Didn't I believe enough? Maybe I was wrong.When doubt strikes, we often feel we have only two options: stifle all questions or reject everything we've been taught. Permission to Doubt offers a third option: the possibility that doubt can provide a foundation for a stronger faith.Author and speaker Ann C. Sullivan knows the pain and distress of doubt. Following a thirteen-year struggle with an undiagnosed panic disorder, she was blindsided by questions she never thought she'd have. In this arena, she is the veteran, able to tell the reader, "I know exactly how you feel, and it is OK."Adversity has a way of catapulting us into an exploration of our belief systems, and while Sullivan encourages the investigation before the bottom drops out, she also hears a collective sigh of relief whenever she speaks on doubt and people discover they're not alone.Sullivan believes that no question is off limits and welcomes them into the light, convinced that it's in darkness confusions flourish. With personal examples and practical solutions, Sullivan identifies the three types of doubt--spiritual, emotional, and intellectual--and develops strategies to deal with each. She details step-by-step solutions and practical ways in which faith can be strengthened.