The Tale of the Doubting Disciple

About this episode

This episode explores the transformation of Doubting Thomas into Believing Thomas through his encounter with the risen Jesus.

In this episode of True Tale Trail, kids and families will meet the disciple who's sometimes called Doubting Thomas, but who became Believing Thomas when he met the risen Jesus face-to-face! Along the trail today kids will discover that the resurrection of Jesus is backed by real eyewitnesses, whose true stories were written down in God’s Word so we can believe in the resurrection with confidence today. Backpack Bible Verse: "But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. If you believe this, you will have life because you belong to him." - John 20:31(NIrV)

Topics covered

• doubt
• faith
• resurrection
• eyewitness testimony
• Christianity

Keywords

• Doubting Thomas
• Believing Thomas
• resurrection of Jesus
• eyewitnesses
• God's Word
• confidence in belief
• Bible verse John 20:31

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Tale of the Doubting Disciple, True Tale Trail

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