Sticking with it
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Sticking with it
Faith is not a thing of the mind; it is not an intellectual certainty or a felt conviction of the heart. It is a sustained decision to take God with utter seriousness as the God of my life. It is to live out each hour in a practical, concrete affirmation that God is Father and he is `in heaven'. It is a decision to shift the centre of our lives fro
... See moreOcd Burrows Ruth • Essence of Prayer (Hiddenspring)
Martin Luther King, Jr., was invoking when he made his famous statement, “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
faith is not really “something” but rather “the absence of subtraction.” Faith is not constructive but is rather the (chosen) unwillingness to subtract a concept from your individually constituted fence (most often given to you by your parents). We don’t treat faith as a movement into a new reality or a sense of entering into the Spirit; neither do
... See moreAndrew Root • Faith Formation in a Secular Age : Volume 1 (Ministry in a Secular Age): Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness
Alister McGrath: “Faith is not simply about believing that a ship exists; it is about stepping into it, and entrusting ourselves to it.”