Doubting after Faith – Dr. Bobby Conway’s Story: video time 52:44
Feb 14, 2025 eX-skeptic Podcast Dr. Bobby Conway shares with us as he talks about his tumultuous path, describing his former lifestyle marked by addiction, self-doubt, and relentless questions about existence and morality. Despite being academically inclined and climbing the ladder of theological education, he faced severe waves of skepticism that brought him to the brink of despair and even suicidal ideation.
partial transcription:
18:25 What is the gospel?
21:23 What happened with your life after receiving the gospel?
24:20 What prompted you to enter seminary
25:40 Street Evangelism
26:09 “I got into apologetics because I needed answers to the questions people were asking me “(during evangelism)
26:20 >>>> “Anyone who says apologetics isn’t important, has just revealed how little evangelism they’re doing” <<<< BOA favorite apologetics definition >>>>
26:50 As you were studying … did their ever start to become doubts or cracks
31:14 What about those who have never heard? The apparent ridiculous = bizarre passages of the bible
32:56 I started to take my questions, If I leave Christianity because of this question which worldview am I going to enter?
33:12 Doubt isn’t a Christian problem it is a human problem
Which worldview would best close the doubt gap?
35:28 You came back around to Christianity as the most solid rock on which to stand… How is it that you found a solid place to stand within the Christian worldview, as compared to others?
36:27 Would I rather give my life to the best explanation, rather than certainty, or live with I don’t know what the explanation is.
36:42 if I gave my life to the best explanation, Christianity, what would that provide my life?
37:16 Suppose I had to take the other worldviews … and imposed those worldviews, Nietzche’s? Marx? Radical Islam, what kind of world would we have?
37:43 What kind of a world would we have if everyone lived like Jesus? that would look a lot like heaven
38:16 what do I think is the best worldview?
39:47 I got out of this through the resurrection… I can resolve all of these other questions through the resurrection.
41:04 here was the solution to my doubt, I needed to become like a child again, the way out of my doubt was the same way into Christianity, by having faith like a child in the simple gospel of Jesus Christ, and that took a former skeptic into a renewed satisfied convert. 41:29
42:52 If someone is doubting, how would you encourage them… there is no world view that your going to get to the end of… rejoice in the resurrection… admit your doubts… it’s not certainty 46:50 end
BOA Question: What are your biggest doubts concerning Christianity and how are you wrestling with it?