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Searching for Enough: The High-Wire Walk Between Doubt and Faith
A unique and validating look at the tension you feel between disillusionment and a desire for truth, Searching for Enough helps you see your doubt not as an emotion to fear but as an invitation to be followed. Do you ever find yourself thinking, "I' m not enough, and I' m never going to be. And I know I' m not supposed to say this, but God' s not enough for me either." Whether or not we attend church, deep down we wonder if the biblical story of faith is really enough for the complexity of the world in which we live. We fill our lives with other things, hoping that maybe the next experience or accomplishment will complete us. Yet with every goal we reach, we still feel discouraged and anxious. In Searching for Enough, Pastor Tyler Staton draws on ancient and modern insights to introduce us, as if for the first time, to Jesus' disciple history's most notorious skeptic. Like Thomas, we are caught between two unsatisfying We want to believe in God but can't reconcile his presence with our circumstances and internal struggles. But what if there's a better story than shame? What if there's redemption so complete that there's nothing left to hide? What if there is a God who can heal your resentments, fears, and loneliness in such a profound way that you feel whole ? From a place of spiritual companionship and deep authenticity, Tyler shows us that it is not an empty tomb that will change our lives, but the presence of the living God. Whether you are a distant skeptic, an involved doubter, or a busy but bored Christian, Searching for Enough invites you to find enough in a God who offers the only promises that never disappoint.
240 pages, Paperback
Published March 2, 2021
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Tyler Staton
8Ìýbooks335ÌýfollowersTyler Staton is the Lead Pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, where he lives with his wife Kirsten, and their sons Hank, Simon, and Amos. He is passionate about living prayerfully and relationally. Tyler is the author of three books: The Familiar Stranger, Praying Like Monks, Living like Fools, and Searching for Enough.
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May 7, 2021
just finished this audiobook and already going to purchase a hard copy. this is a book to have on your shelf forever, to continually go back to and be realigned, refreshed, and encouraged. I have listened to many of pastor tyler’s sermons and come away with pages of notes and reflections. this book is basically 7hrs worth of a sermon delivered with the same eloquence and passion, and I can’t recommend it enough.
August 6, 2021
Personally, the last few chapters were worth the whole book. Tyler shares a beautiful story of resurrection, that with whatever background, is captivating to read. It made me reconsider the way I personally walk with doubt and as a church, how are we open to those in seasons of doubt? Highly recommend.
September 26, 2023
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I would most recommend this book to read someone who is newer to the faith or struggling through doubt for the first time after growing up in church. Staton encourages readers to dig deeper into their doubts and questions so that, like Thomas, they would be open to God’s voice as He steps into the midst of their doubts.
I was expecting this book to be a little bit more personal to Staton’s story, but the bulk of the book was used to cover the very basics of Christian faith. He makes well-known stories modern without affecting the original intent. A little bit boring for me, but I can see how it would really benefit someone in the beginning stages of grappling with faith. The last 20% or so had more personal details/stories which I enjoyed. And it ended very strong with great encouragement.
I will probably read this again one day, but use it more as discipleship material/conversation started with someone else.
I was expecting this book to be a little bit more personal to Staton’s story, but the bulk of the book was used to cover the very basics of Christian faith. He makes well-known stories modern without affecting the original intent. A little bit boring for me, but I can see how it would really benefit someone in the beginning stages of grappling with faith. The last 20% or so had more personal details/stories which I enjoyed. And it ended very strong with great encouragement.
I will probably read this again one day, but use it more as discipleship material/conversation started with someone else.
April 19, 2023
I have been thinking a lot recently about the courage of choosing to believe (not without doubt!!!) when it’s a lot safer to choose to doubt without hope. And this book spoke to that thought so clearly.
My one critique is that almost all of the theologians referenced were male; very few references to female theologians which I was very disappointed by.
My one critique is that almost all of the theologians referenced were male; very few references to female theologians which I was very disappointed by.
April 21, 2021
Kafka once said that "books should be the axe for the frozen sea in us". And I think that is what this book definitly was for me. I love that Tyler is completly honest and sometimes says the things out loud that many of us might be feeling but to scared to say out loud. I love that he does not give easy answers. Some of the things he said really hit me deeply and I found myself thinking about what he wrote days after I finished the book. Would I say "You HAVE to read this book!"? Maybe Not necessarily. If you do have the chance to read it go for it! I will definitly be on the lookout for more books by Tyler and will continue to listen to his sermons- which I most definitly can recommend!!
July 30, 2022
Beautiful and powerful. Staton gives words to what has been an experience in my personal life and I’m grateful for that affirmation. I think this would be a powerful book to read with others!
June 10, 2025
I really love Staton's content and writing style. The way he pours his heart into the words gives them an extra sense of conviction. The constant wrestling of doubt in the midst of faith is real for so many people and he articulated some complex questions very clearly. Thought provoking book for sure
March 19, 2025
You know it’s a good book when the first things you want to do after listening to the audiobook is buy a hard copy and share it with friends.
April 18, 2021
Excellent first book by Tyler Staton. Gives a great build-up into his original thoughts on Thomas and the role that doubt plays in the life of a true believer. Great stuff.
March 28, 2021
Ever since quarantine began last year, Tyler Staton's church has been the livestream clicked on for Sunday mornings for myself as well as a few friends. Absolutely love the way the he processes, preaches, and digs deep into a concept with sources from so many other scholars. Needless to say I wanted to read his first book. If you enjoy how he preaches you will for sure enjoy how he writes.
The chapters I will definitely be going back to dwell on will be, 'Abrupt Ending' where he talks about how our culture has avoided the process of death. In addition, I thought an enlightening section was, 'The Story of Jesus' where he discussed the perspective which Jesus presented on God, Self, Others, and the World.
The chapters I will definitely be going back to dwell on will be, 'Abrupt Ending' where he talks about how our culture has avoided the process of death. In addition, I thought an enlightening section was, 'The Story of Jesus' where he discussed the perspective which Jesus presented on God, Self, Others, and the World.
May 3, 2022
I’m going to be thinking about this book for a long time. It’s one I will continue come back to. The list of quotes I highlighted is too long to include here, but below are a few of my favorites:
“When you’re waiting, you’re not doing nothing. You’re doing the most important something there is. You’re allowing your soul to grow up. If you can’t be still and wait, you can’t become what God created you to be.�
“In the resurrection story, heaven is something that happens within us before it happens around us . . . His mission is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you.�
“When you’re waiting, you’re not doing nothing. You’re doing the most important something there is. You’re allowing your soul to grow up. If you can’t be still and wait, you can’t become what God created you to be.�
“In the resurrection story, heaven is something that happens within us before it happens around us . . . His mission is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you.�
November 6, 2024
I am a fan of Tyler Staton. I always found his way with words very alluring with considerable amount of depth that speaks to the human experience. But, the difficulty I experience when it comes to Christian non-fiction or self-help is the targeted audience or intended reader. Casting a net wide enough to relate to as many people often results in a sweeping overview and condensed way of addressing a layered experience. It covered a lot but, I was expecting it would cover what it said in the title, deeper.
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April 14, 2025Okay, here’s the thing about Tyler Staton’s writing, his idea development and organization is usually just not good. And here it’s at its absolute worst. He’s such a fantastic guy but the way this book progresses is extremely incoherent.
For example, the main 3 progressions of this story are the story of the world, Jesus, and Thomas. Fair enough I guess? I mean like 2 incomparably huge ideas and then just randomly a one off Thomas story thrown in like it’s on the same level but I digress. He constantly makes this allusion to the plots overlapping but it’s super weird and on a conceptual level doesn’t make sense. Like even me trying to explain what he meant by that falls short because I don’t know even what ‘overlapping� means in the context he’s giving
Essentially, this book has almost nothing to do with doubt. Which is weird. The basic progression of the book is this: World has potential, but world has darkness, (insert main tension: God doesn’t feel that powerful or real), Jesus lived good, Jesus died good� ✨Thomas is now in this book�, but Thomas good/brave, end book now.
HUH?! Not once is the opening claims of his anecdotes even mildly addressed. The solution is essentially to just believe harder and don’t be afraid of your doubt� which those two things literally stand in opposition towards each other. This book is kind of all over the place and does very little to actually make any form of substantive or nuanced claim other than world bad Jesus good.
But but butâ€� Tyler has one absolute gift that make his books worth reading every single time: his pastoral stories. I kid you not for as weird and disorganized this book is he’d just randomly drop one of the most heart wrenching profound stories that have almost nothing to do with the chapter but he’d tie them together a little at the end.ðŸ˜
It’s like hiking through the desert to get to these random oasis’s that keep you thinking long after you read. The type of stories your mega church pastor has had only one experience of and still uses at least every other week
But dude these stories/testimonies are so powerful I literally cried while reading some of them. Tyler seems like such a fantastic guy and I do love his latest book but this one is just really strange. The stories are the only thing I’m keeping from this reading and they’re honestly so good it was worth the whole read. Not a great book and don’t really recommend but there’s much worse stuff out there
For example, the main 3 progressions of this story are the story of the world, Jesus, and Thomas. Fair enough I guess? I mean like 2 incomparably huge ideas and then just randomly a one off Thomas story thrown in like it’s on the same level but I digress. He constantly makes this allusion to the plots overlapping but it’s super weird and on a conceptual level doesn’t make sense. Like even me trying to explain what he meant by that falls short because I don’t know even what ‘overlapping� means in the context he’s giving
Essentially, this book has almost nothing to do with doubt. Which is weird. The basic progression of the book is this: World has potential, but world has darkness, (insert main tension: God doesn’t feel that powerful or real), Jesus lived good, Jesus died good� ✨Thomas is now in this book�, but Thomas good/brave, end book now.
HUH?! Not once is the opening claims of his anecdotes even mildly addressed. The solution is essentially to just believe harder and don’t be afraid of your doubt� which those two things literally stand in opposition towards each other. This book is kind of all over the place and does very little to actually make any form of substantive or nuanced claim other than world bad Jesus good.
But but butâ€� Tyler has one absolute gift that make his books worth reading every single time: his pastoral stories. I kid you not for as weird and disorganized this book is he’d just randomly drop one of the most heart wrenching profound stories that have almost nothing to do with the chapter but he’d tie them together a little at the end.ðŸ˜
It’s like hiking through the desert to get to these random oasis’s that keep you thinking long after you read. The type of stories your mega church pastor has had only one experience of and still uses at least every other week
But dude these stories/testimonies are so powerful I literally cried while reading some of them. Tyler seems like such a fantastic guy and I do love his latest book but this one is just really strange. The stories are the only thing I’m keeping from this reading and they’re honestly so good it was worth the whole read. Not a great book and don’t really recommend but there’s much worse stuff out there
July 9, 2024
Real. This book drew things out of me I couldn’t put into words. It helped me to see my expectation of being disappointed is hindering me from being hopeful. It challenged and encouraged me. Staton gave me so many nuggets to continue chewing on.
May 7, 2024
4.5, rounding up!!
Loved this one. I felt like it was one of the few approachable resources that I’ve found that discusses doubt and death and all the things no one wants to talk about. I admire Staton a lot so this was a great read.
Loved this one. I felt like it was one of the few approachable resources that I’ve found that discusses doubt and death and all the things no one wants to talk about. I admire Staton a lot so this was a great read.
September 7, 2023
I read whole sections of this really well written beautiful book. Two of my favorite quotes.
“What does it tell us about the heart of God that he put the keys to the kingdom in the shaky hands of people who were something less than certain? That he looks the doubter in the eye and says, “Not at some future point when you get every intellectual quibble sorted and every question answered, but right in the midst of your doubt, I choose you. I trust you. I send you.�
And
“Real spirituality begins, though, when a person stops theorizing about God and begins actually attempting to know God. That’s how it’s always worked. Theory is safe and predictable because you get to remain in control. Theory happens on your terms. Relationship, on the other hand, is anything but safe and predictable. Relationship is to surrender control, to be open to disappointment again, but maybe, just maybe, on the other side of an attempt to actually know God, you’ll find life. Maybe the voice that calms your restlessness and the peace that stills your anxiety are found in the very risk you can hardly stomach taking—the risk of relationship with God.�
“What does it tell us about the heart of God that he put the keys to the kingdom in the shaky hands of people who were something less than certain? That he looks the doubter in the eye and says, “Not at some future point when you get every intellectual quibble sorted and every question answered, but right in the midst of your doubt, I choose you. I trust you. I send you.�
And
“Real spirituality begins, though, when a person stops theorizing about God and begins actually attempting to know God. That’s how it’s always worked. Theory is safe and predictable because you get to remain in control. Theory happens on your terms. Relationship, on the other hand, is anything but safe and predictable. Relationship is to surrender control, to be open to disappointment again, but maybe, just maybe, on the other side of an attempt to actually know God, you’ll find life. Maybe the voice that calms your restlessness and the peace that stills your anxiety are found in the very risk you can hardly stomach taking—the risk of relationship with God.�
February 24, 2022
Repetitive and I had difficulty understanding how the whole book fit together/what the through-line was.
April 26, 2023
This is his first book? What a refreshingly compassionate presentation of the Good News to ears that have heard it already. Encountering Jesus transforms the world and transforms human lives.
January 12, 2025
2nd time reading it and just as good as i remembered it being
June 16, 2022
Doubt is not an emotion to fear, but an invitation to follow.
“We both sat there without talking for a moment, the way you do when someone is so honest, when someone puts a mystery you’ve both felt at some time or another into words, and what’s just been said isn’t really something to agree or disagree with; it’s something to feel the weight of, to be trapped together by the complexity of, to honor the honesty of.�
2.5 stars? Some good parts, but got lost in some of the metaphors. It was honest though, and I love honesty <3
“Most of the time, it just looks like filling up life with a series of experiences we really, truly think will make us happy� coffee with a friend, a dinner reservation tomorrow night, plans after work, and an Airbnb in another city next weekend. We fill up our lives with many things, forever needing something good to look forward to, planning the next experience while having this one. We drink from the many wells we have dug for ourselves, convinced that if we keep drawing water, maybe this time it will quench our thirst.�
“The side effect of a society where you get to invent your own self-worth is a dearth of intimacy. Everyone else becomes a scale I must be weighed on. Everyone else becomes a mirror who must tell me who I am.�
“He is powerful enough to calm the storm and personal enough to patiently, presently listen with compassion in his eyes to the insecurities and fears of a single individual. He is powerful enough to heal the sick and personal enough to weep alongside the grieving. He is powerful enough to feed the nations and personal enough to pass the rolls across the common table.�
“When we are mentored by our disappointment we get uneasy around hope; we learn to resist it…�
Matthew 28:16-17;18-20
“What conditions would have to be true for you to hear something and have it change your life forever?�
“We both sat there without talking for a moment, the way you do when someone is so honest, when someone puts a mystery you’ve both felt at some time or another into words, and what’s just been said isn’t really something to agree or disagree with; it’s something to feel the weight of, to be trapped together by the complexity of, to honor the honesty of.�
2.5 stars? Some good parts, but got lost in some of the metaphors. It was honest though, and I love honesty <3
“Most of the time, it just looks like filling up life with a series of experiences we really, truly think will make us happy� coffee with a friend, a dinner reservation tomorrow night, plans after work, and an Airbnb in another city next weekend. We fill up our lives with many things, forever needing something good to look forward to, planning the next experience while having this one. We drink from the many wells we have dug for ourselves, convinced that if we keep drawing water, maybe this time it will quench our thirst.�
“The side effect of a society where you get to invent your own self-worth is a dearth of intimacy. Everyone else becomes a scale I must be weighed on. Everyone else becomes a mirror who must tell me who I am.�
“He is powerful enough to calm the storm and personal enough to patiently, presently listen with compassion in his eyes to the insecurities and fears of a single individual. He is powerful enough to heal the sick and personal enough to weep alongside the grieving. He is powerful enough to feed the nations and personal enough to pass the rolls across the common table.�
“When we are mentored by our disappointment we get uneasy around hope; we learn to resist it…�
Matthew 28:16-17;18-20
“What conditions would have to be true for you to hear something and have it change your life forever?�
April 23, 2022
An absolute must read. Here we are introduced and reminded that all four biographies of Jesus� life culminate with a Friday execution and an empty Sunday morning tomb. By late Sunday night, every disciple has seen and had a personal encounter with the Messiah, the living God, alive in a resurrected body.
Everyone, except Thomas.
This book looks at the disciple famously known as “Doubting Thomas�, and highlights how his story may actually be a picture of many, if not all, of our own faith journeys.
Notes:
� Spiritual breakthrough often starts with saying what you think and feel, but are convinced you aren’t “allowed� to say. Is the biblical story of faith enough for the complexity of the world I actually live in? Is God enough? The reason we have a hard time resisting our own manmade wells is because they—almost—work.
� Thomas is a man who left everything behind to follow Jesus, willing to even lay his life down for him. The Thomas we meet in his famous declaration of doubt, John 20:25, is not a cynic or a skeptic. It’s a man in a moment of hurt, heartbreak, and disappointment.
� The heart of God is that he looks the doubter in the eye and says, I choose you. I trust you. I send you. I am with you (Matthew 28:16-20).
� God climbed down to Thomas� personal brand of pain and disappointment, his particular need, and addressed him in the way Thomas needed to know Him (John 20:27). His story doesn’t end in the stuck place we often find ourselves in, nor does it end philosophical enlightenment. Thomas brought all of his pain to God, and God used it as an invitation for relational encounter.
Everyone, except Thomas.
This book looks at the disciple famously known as “Doubting Thomas�, and highlights how his story may actually be a picture of many, if not all, of our own faith journeys.
Notes:
� Spiritual breakthrough often starts with saying what you think and feel, but are convinced you aren’t “allowed� to say. Is the biblical story of faith enough for the complexity of the world I actually live in? Is God enough? The reason we have a hard time resisting our own manmade wells is because they—almost—work.
� Thomas is a man who left everything behind to follow Jesus, willing to even lay his life down for him. The Thomas we meet in his famous declaration of doubt, John 20:25, is not a cynic or a skeptic. It’s a man in a moment of hurt, heartbreak, and disappointment.
� The heart of God is that he looks the doubter in the eye and says, I choose you. I trust you. I send you. I am with you (Matthew 28:16-20).
� God climbed down to Thomas� personal brand of pain and disappointment, his particular need, and addressed him in the way Thomas needed to know Him (John 20:27). His story doesn’t end in the stuck place we often find ourselves in, nor does it end philosophical enlightenment. Thomas brought all of his pain to God, and God used it as an invitation for relational encounter.
January 29, 2024
Decided to give up on it - though I did skim the rest of the book to see if anything left out, it was all more of the same. The book was not what I was hoping for. It reads very much like an articulate and well-spoken young pastor wrote it. Which is exactly what it is.
Tyler Staton wrote a great little sermon into a couple hundred page book. But it is a modern sermon - make no mistake. If you were a Christian looking to give a book to someone who is not sure if they should or should not believe in jesus, then maybe this is a great book for you to pick up to give to them. If you're looking for something more philosophical or interesting or... And I mean no offense to Staton... Deep, then look elsewhere.
I also did not get what was trying to be conveyed - other than the gospel - in the middle of the book. It was just a modernized telling of Jesus and his personality. No real through line of doubt or faith in the majority of the book.
Interestingly, the only times I found myself really engaged in the book is when Staton quoted other authors like Dostoevsky. I would read those quotes and get 10 times more out of the quotes than I would from the rest of the book. Not trying to be mean here. Just telling the truth.
I'm realizing that it will probably be impossible to find anyone who can write better or more deeply about faith and doubt than Kierkegaard and I should probably give up trying to find them.
2.5 stars for a well written, albeit somewhat shallow and "for the masses", book on Christianity and very little to do with faith.
Tyler Staton wrote a great little sermon into a couple hundred page book. But it is a modern sermon - make no mistake. If you were a Christian looking to give a book to someone who is not sure if they should or should not believe in jesus, then maybe this is a great book for you to pick up to give to them. If you're looking for something more philosophical or interesting or... And I mean no offense to Staton... Deep, then look elsewhere.
I also did not get what was trying to be conveyed - other than the gospel - in the middle of the book. It was just a modernized telling of Jesus and his personality. No real through line of doubt or faith in the majority of the book.
Interestingly, the only times I found myself really engaged in the book is when Staton quoted other authors like Dostoevsky. I would read those quotes and get 10 times more out of the quotes than I would from the rest of the book. Not trying to be mean here. Just telling the truth.
I'm realizing that it will probably be impossible to find anyone who can write better or more deeply about faith and doubt than Kierkegaard and I should probably give up trying to find them.
2.5 stars for a well written, albeit somewhat shallow and "for the masses", book on Christianity and very little to do with faith.
March 28, 2025
“God was at the center of every human life until that fruit was tasted. Since then, every human being has found their own unique way of putting himself or herself at the center of the story and demanding that the world cooperate.�
“Community that affirms you without challenging you will make you feel comfortable, but it will never move you, never heal you. We all want to belong because we all want to be loved. We want to be known as we are and accepted as we are. The love of a community —any community� is great, but insufficient. No one, whether an individual or group, will ever offer us love so perfect that it never comes up against human limitations, never inflicts pain instead of love. We are made for a kind of love that always cares, always understands, and always remains, but that kind of love is only found in God. Life without community is incomplete; life with community but without God is bearable but tragically underwhelming and still incomplete.�
“Community that affirms you without challenging you will make you feel comfortable, but it will never move you, never heal you. We all want to belong because we all want to be loved. We want to be known as we are and accepted as we are. The love of a community —any community� is great, but insufficient. No one, whether an individual or group, will ever offer us love so perfect that it never comes up against human limitations, never inflicts pain instead of love. We are made for a kind of love that always cares, always understands, and always remains, but that kind of love is only found in God. Life without community is incomplete; life with community but without God is bearable but tragically underwhelming and still incomplete.�
November 17, 2021
This book came exactly when I needed it to—and frankly I think the last 3 chapters might just have changed my whole life & perspective.
I’ve been a doubter as long as I can remember. I’ve doubted it all. My relationships, my career, my future, my talents, but the one thing I never doubted was my faith…until 2021.
I always deeply related to Thomas, but never knew exactly how to articulate why, until I read this book. it’s insightful, beautifully written, empathetic, passionate and explained so much beauty and brought so much understanding to my doubt. I’m humbled by the reminder that we have been chosen as doubters & not expected to be less. there’s so much to unpack and I’ll come back eventually, but please, read this book.
I’ve been a doubter as long as I can remember. I’ve doubted it all. My relationships, my career, my future, my talents, but the one thing I never doubted was my faith…until 2021.
I always deeply related to Thomas, but never knew exactly how to articulate why, until I read this book. it’s insightful, beautifully written, empathetic, passionate and explained so much beauty and brought so much understanding to my doubt. I’m humbled by the reminder that we have been chosen as doubters & not expected to be less. there’s so much to unpack and I’ll come back eventually, but please, read this book.
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January 26, 2023(I won't rate this since I only got about halfway before I decided that I'd drop it)
Tyler takes a lot of simple biblical concepts and stories and he further simplifies them AND modernizes them to appeal to the masses. And while I understand why he did that, there were times where I felt like it took away from the authenticity of the story. I think this would have been a big that would have really helped me as a Christian when I was early on in my faith walk, but the message seemed a little simple and repetitive for me (Jesus is enough!)
Tyler takes a lot of simple biblical concepts and stories and he further simplifies them AND modernizes them to appeal to the masses. And while I understand why he did that, there were times where I felt like it took away from the authenticity of the story. I think this would have been a big that would have really helped me as a Christian when I was early on in my faith walk, but the message seemed a little simple and repetitive for me (Jesus is enough!)
February 13, 2023
A beautiful book. This book is for everyone. If you haven’t already come to the point in your life the author talks about, you will one day.
This book takes an honest, holy, compassionate, Christ honoring, look at our deepest thoughts and doubts- the ones most of us never dare to voice. And on the other side, we find that the truth is even sweeter than we could have ever imagined.
Again, this book is for everyone.
This book takes an honest, holy, compassionate, Christ honoring, look at our deepest thoughts and doubts- the ones most of us never dare to voice. And on the other side, we find that the truth is even sweeter than we could have ever imagined.
Again, this book is for everyone.
May 24, 2023
Writing a review on this book feels stupid because it will never do it enough justice. Truly one of my favorite Christian books, one that I would happily revisit every year. This book is raw and deep; Staton opens a portal of honesty about some of the deepest wrestlings no Christian really likes to admit. I felt so encouraged toward hope and spurred on in my faith, truly seen in my season. Love love love.
February 2, 2024
This book spends a majority of its pages on a semi-philosophical, seeker-sensitive gospel that is really well done at times. But the chapters on doubt fell flat to me. I think this book is improperly titled, and should have steered to a different ending. Staton is really good at injecting relation and affection into stagnant theology-heavy lives. This is where his book on prayer excels; its focus is on spirit, presence and relativity.
February 20, 2025
A by-hipsters-for-hipsters look at the gospel story and the struggle for faith in young adulthood. Staton does a great job framing the struggle to believe and the search for faith. He always seems to write with heart. And he has clearly listened deeply to the concerns of doubters and strugglers. I only felt that the ending crescendo of Thomas� faith-moment was a little light, simply telling us to ask for an encounter with God that would change us.
October 2, 2021
I expect this book will be a timeless treasure for me to return to, due to its simplicity, but especially its contents.
Tyler writes with such clarity and has unique eloquence for someone his age, much less this being his first book in print.
I plan to recommend this book to the seeker, struggler, and skeptic.
Tyler writes with such clarity and has unique eloquence for someone his age, much less this being his first book in print.
I plan to recommend this book to the seeker, struggler, and skeptic.
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