Doubting is a huge problem for me.
As I was reading blogs today I came across this tongue in check look at how different theological systems look at doubt.
At the risk of presenting a bit of a caricature, let me give some tongue-in-cheek ways that some different theological systems deal with Christians going through such a crisis of faith:
Baptists: They are still saved, no matter where their doubts take them. They just need renewed assurance.
Calvinists: They were never saved to begin with. They need to hear the gospel.
Charismatics: They are demon possessed. They need an exorcism.
Arminians: They are in the process of losing their salvation. They need to stop sinning or be argued back into the faith. – Michael Patton
As I read this I had a good chuckle and then I realized that as I go through my day that I wake up an Arminian and by lunch I have convinced myself I am a Baptist but wondering if I am a Calvinist that was never saved to begin with. And by bedtime I know that I am the worst sinner around and really a Charismatic because I am probably demon possessed since I can not get a handle on my sin problem.
BUT wait – I do not need to be worried about my sin problem because Jesus takes care of that for me. So, as I say my prayers for the night I am thankful I am a Christian that is until the next morning when I wake up as an Arminian again.
Reflections 