Hi, and welcome to Jesus Over Everything, a five-day-a-week variety show that mixes encouragement,

the Bible, practical how-toes, and fantastic guests for the listener on the go.

I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me, which I trust and pray

will be five minutes well spent.

Pastor, leader, and author of new book when faith fails.

Dominic Dunn is on Joe today, and I'm excited to hear from him.

His new book has made it onto my recommend stack, and that doesn't happen often. But it's such

an important book about doubt, and I love what he had to say. Dominic is wise and obviously

gifted with words, and I'm excited to welcome him to the show today.

In Mark Chapter 9, a man ran to Jesus and collapsed headlong at his feet.

He was anxious, broken, and in need of a miracle.

He implored Jesus to heal his son.

Jesus answered, everything is possible for one who believes. In that moment, the man was confronted with the tension of belief and unbelief, faith and doubt, hope, and despair.

He intensely wanted to believe, wanted to imagine that everything would be okay, but at the same time he couldn't

escape the reality of his story. His son was sick, and he was out of options. It had been years.

He had prayed thousands of times. He'd cried out to God in the sanctuary. He had wept on

the temple floor, but no answer. The heavens were silent. Where was God?

And then suddenly God was standing before him, flesh and blood, grace and truth, the word spoke.

Everything is possible for one who believes. Jesus' word struck him in the deepest way. It exposed the wound.

His heart was fragile, defenseless, ravaged by the agony of hope that only the truly broken can

understand. He caught his breath. His tears splashed on the ground. Did he still believe? Could he still believe?

And then he said it, Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.

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