Good theology doesn’t destroy faith; it builds and strengthens it. Sometimes that means clearing out false assumptions—those “always” and “never” ideas about God—and replacing them with truth.

If you were taught:

“God will never let anything bad happen to His children,”

…what happens when suffering hits? What happens when a child gets a terminal illness, a drunk driver kills a friend, or a political figure you respect gets assassinated?

That’s where many face a crisis: change your view of God, chase a different god, or—too often—get blamed for your own pain. That only deepens the wound.

Theology should be faithful to Scripture, not force Scripture to say what we want. You can pull a verse to “prove” almost anything—so we need humility, awareness of our biases, conversation with others, and a wide reading of voices to stay anchored in what the Bible actually affirms. The Bible describes many things it doesn’t endorse; learning the difference between what’s described and what’s affirmed is one of our biggest challenges.

– What beliefs about God have you had to unlearn to grow in faith?
– What doctrines have you had to unlearn because they were unbiblical?
– How do you guard against reading your own desires into the text?
– Have you ever seen a verse used to justify something the Bible doesn’t truly affirm?

Share your thoughts in the comments—let’s learn from each other.