You cannot get healed without community.

When I let my friends be my friends and started praying with them,

confessing my faults one to another, that scripture is so key.

Confess your faults one to another, pray for one another, that healing may come.

My dad always says, repentance brings forgiveness of sin.

Confession of man brings healing.

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I'm Ann Wilson.

And I'm Dave Wilson, and you can find us at familylife today.com.

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If you were walking by a, like at a bookstore or a book rack like at the airport, which we do a lot,

and you saw this title, When Faith Disappoints, would you pick it up?

Here's my thought. When we started, I thought, Dave, as soon as I saw this book, I thought, Dave is going to resonate and

love this book because of your doubt, your skepticism, and your disappointment.

You know me well. If I saw this, I would grab it right now. Right now. And we've got the author.

Lisa Fields is here. Seriously, Lisa, is this your struggle, your journey as well when faith disappoints the gap between what we believe and what we experience?

Is this like a memoir or not?

I mean, in some aspects, it is a memoir.

I share a lot of my personal struggles.

I open it up talking about my faith crisis as a seminary student.

Right.

And so you're thinking, why would you have a faith crisis while you're training for ministry?

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