text: “'Faith is a supernatural gift of God which enables us to believe ‘without doubting’ whatever God has revealed.' (Penny Catechism). I would suggest that ‘without doubting’ implies certainty rather than pious hope.”
  
  If that is what the Penny Catechism says, then in the words of Dorothy Parker, this is not a book to be set aside lightly, it should be hurled with great force. Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Faith is not certainty, this is theology 101. Doubt is an integral part of faith, for if we do not question, how can we grow in our faith? Søren Kierkegaard wote, "Without risk there is no faith." There is no risk in blindly asserting certainty; the risk comes from facing uncertainty.