2009-09-27T19:53:01-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/doubting+thomas/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2020:26-28&version=NIV 2009-09-27T19:53:01-05:00 Thomas, one of the disciples, refused to believe that Jesus had risen without physical proof. He received that proof when Jesus appeared before him, although Jesus praised those who had believed without the benefit of evidence. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2020:24-31&version=NIV 2009-07-21T10:13:28-05:00 Doubt is not a new phenomenon--one of Jesus' own disciples couldn't bring himself to believe in Christ's resurrection without seeing physical proof! Jesus graciously supplies that proof, but encourages us nevertheless to have faith even in the absence of scientific proof.