Walking away from Faith - Conclusion

(This is the brief close to a series.)

I so appreciated a postscript Tucker had at the end of the book. Referring to Mark 9:24, Tucker shares:

Lord, I believe. I can say these words with confidence, but I will never exclude the self-effacing words that follow: Help my unbelief. This 6 word confession does not suggest my belief is tentative – indeed, precisely the opposite. I confidently declare my faith while humbly recognizing dependence on God…

Tucker ends with her “own” version of the Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

Lord, help my unbelief.

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

Lord, help my unbelief.

I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.

Lord, help my unbelief. Amen.

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