05/20/2026
It has become very common for us in the west to call him doubting Thomas. But this is the believing Thomas. It is not Thomas who wrestles with the claims of Jesus and what he hears as the witnesses of those who have seen, but that Thomas wants to reconnect and touch his Lord. He wants to be able to put his fingers in the place of our Lord's death. He wants to see how far the light has gone into the depth and the darkness.
He wants connection.
It has become very common for us in the west to call him doubting T...