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Church father Martin Luther said, "When you have Him you have all, but you have also lost all when you lose Him. Stay with Christ, although your eyes do not see Him and your reason does not grasp Him."
Professor Ruth Tucker from Calvin Theological Seminary has knocked my socks off with her new book. In "Walking Away from Faith - Unraveling the Mystery of Belief and Unbelief" (InterVarsity Press, 2002), Tucker explores why some people who start the journey of faith end up walking away in the end.
No, she has not walked away from Christianity. Tucker's faith is her life, her only hope. And yet, holding on is a struggle. Tucker is a card-carrying doubter.
Raised in a strong northern Wisconsin farm family, she says, "My family was not considered religious." To this day, Tucker is the only one of her family siblings that fully embraces Christianity.
Where is the line that divides religious belief from unbelief? How wide is God's mercy? Tucker says, "All of us in our faith fall somewhere on the vast, subjective spectrum that ranges from absolute...