Faith
FAITH
Faith is the most important concept in the Christian walk. It's also the most confused. The confusion is cleared away when it's known that Biblical faith isn't the same as English faith. One is a verb and the other a noun. It wasn't always like that. the original idea of faith in the Bible included some action done in obedience. But in the last few hundred years English "faith" has been turned into a passive, mind-oriented thing. I wonder who was responsible for that?
Knowing that faith is a verb will immediately give sense to nearly all the references to faith in the New Testament. All one need do, is ask, "What action is being performed?"
These shows on Faithing include many ways of using faith in our daily lives. Also included are examples of the faithing of many Biblical characters, and many pieces from my book
Fifty Pieces.
It's About Trust and the Hebrews eleven Heroes of Faithing. Fifty Pieces essays.
Three levels of Faithing: The World, The Church, The Person. Commentary from Fifty Pieces.
Stability: What Do You Use To Stabilize Your Life? Essay from Fifty Pieces.
What Saves? Fifty Pieces essay.
Law=Faith When Keeping the Law Equals Faith. Fifty Pieces essay.
"On The Highest Authority." What grounds belief systems? What is a Valid foundation? Fifty Pieces essay.
The Anatomy of a Faith Act. This isn't the usual approach to faith. If you are interested in examining our thoughts and thought processes, this piece exposes what we think, in what order, and our only options when deciding to take any resulting action. Sounds deep, but it's really just about doing the dishes.
Don't Initiate. This is the program that resulted in the Don't Initiate page. Are you a Reactor or an Initiator? I've concluded that life, especially Christian life, is best lived by reacting to things that "fall out of the sky." This program is devoted to defining two things contained in the Axiom, "Don't Initiate, Only Wait.
Faithship, Punishment and Sin. First we take a ride on the Spaceship Faith. Got stress? feel like you can't get it Right, and feel guilty? Can't get over your sense of Guilt/Sin? Somehow Testing, Trials, Tribulation and even Punishment have been attributed to God. That doesn't make much sense to me. Our stress is undoubtedly connected to our sense of guilt/sin. It's not much of a step to think that when we feel guilty God is punishing us for doing wrong. I don't believe God initiates Punishment on believers, or even tests/tries them. Luther found this out when he closely examined the book of Galatians.
Being Good won't get you to heaven. Listening to yourself is a "Choice Bit of Guidance." Christians should be Loving Themselves Last. Three pieces from Jack's book. [This file will be uploaded soon]
Praise, Faith and Communion.
An interesting look at at the practicalities of praising God by CS Lewis. Then Jack dissects what is errouneously called the definition of "faith," Hebrews 11:1. A short trip to the Communion table follows.
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