For nearly 2,000 years, the disciple Thomas has been the church’s poster child of spiritual doubt. Instead of taking the other disciples’ word for it when it came to the resurrection of Jesus, he insisted that he wouldn’t believe until he saw it with his own two eyes. But is that all Thomas was looking for? Was there something more than just proof that Jesus was alive that Thomas wanted to see? Today, we’ll look at what Thomas’ interaction with the resurrected Jesus taught the disciples—and us—about what it means to be the church.