“We walk by faith not by sight.” 2Cor.5 ESV
People exercise faith everyday. We trust pharmacist to fill our prescriptions correctly; doctors to prescribe them correctly, even bankers to handle our money. Faith is integral to life even if it is only trusting that my neighbor will stay in his or her lane while driving. To put faith in something blindly is the faith of a fanatic or a fool. If I do not have a good reason to trust someone or something I simply shouldn't do it. God expects no less where faith concerns Him. He is not looking for blind devotion. He has repeatedly stepped into space and time so that our faith will be coupled with reason. Jesus did not ask His disciples to blindly trust that He would conquer death. After the resurrection He appeared to them for over forty days. He hasn't asked us to trust in His resurrection blindly. He asks us to believe it because of the testimony of credible witnesses. Court cases have been decided on less evidence. 11/24/2010 Conversations Within ts (Between, Ga)
Just me trying to be honest with God.
Faith... must be enforced by reason.... When faith becomes blind it dies. Mahatma Gandhi
“We walk by faith not by sight.” 2Cor.5 ESV
People exercise faith everyday. We trust pharmacist to fill our prescriptions correctly; doctors to prescribe them correctly, even bankers to handle our money. Faith is integral to life even if it is only trusting that my neighbor will stay in his or her lane while driving. To put faith in something blindly is the faith of a fanatic or a fool. If I do not have a good reason to trust someone or something I simply shouldn't do it. God expects no less where faith concerns Him. He is not looking for blind devotion. He has repeatedly stepped into space and time so that our faith will be coupled with reason. Jesus did not ask His disciples to blindly trust that He would conquer death. After the resurrection He appeared to them for over forty days. He hasn't asked us to trust in His resurrection blindly. He asks us to believe it because of the testimony of credible witnesses. Court cases have been decided on less evidence. 11/24/2010 Conversations Within ts (Between, Ga)
People exercise faith everyday. We trust pharmacist to fill our prescriptions correctly; doctors to prescribe them correctly, even bankers to handle our money. Faith is integral to life even if it is only trusting that my neighbor will stay in his or her lane while driving. To put faith in something blindly is the faith of a fanatic or a fool. If I do not have a good reason to trust someone or something I simply shouldn't do it. God expects no less where faith concerns Him. He is not looking for blind devotion. He has repeatedly stepped into space and time so that our faith will be coupled with reason. Jesus did not ask His disciples to blindly trust that He would conquer death. After the resurrection He appeared to them for over forty days. He hasn't asked us to trust in His resurrection blindly. He asks us to believe it because of the testimony of credible witnesses. Court cases have been decided on less evidence. 11/24/2010 Conversations Within ts (Between, Ga)
“Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you can come to your senses.” – Peaceful Warrior
“Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.” Ps.26 ESV
I always try to be gut honest when talking with You. I think I pride myself on it, somehow convinced that sincerity is just as importance as doing what You say. I think You assign value to sincerity but I also know we can be so sincerely wrong in what we do. Lord I need to walk in truth as much as I need to walk truly. I know You want my heart not just my compliance but I think that my compliance may lead me to love You also with my heart. The bottom line is that You want it all, mind, heart, soul, and You ask for it a decision at a time. Cure my insanity. 11/23/2010 Conversations Within ts (Between, Ga)
I always try to be gut honest when talking with You. I think I pride myself on it, somehow convinced that sincerity is just as importance as doing what You say. I think You assign value to sincerity but I also know we can be so sincerely wrong in what we do. Lord I need to walk in truth as much as I need to walk truly. I know You want my heart not just my compliance but I think that my compliance may lead me to love You also with my heart. The bottom line is that You want it all, mind, heart, soul, and You ask for it a decision at a time. Cure my insanity. 11/23/2010 Conversations Within ts (Between, Ga)
“Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you can come to your senses.” – Peaceful Warrior
“Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.” Ps.26 ESV
I always try to be gut honest when talking with You. I think I pride myself on it, somehow convinced that sincerity is just as importance as doing what You say. I think You assign value to sincerity but I also know we can be so sincerely wrong in what we do. Lord I need to walk in truth as much as I need to walk truly. I know You want my heart not just my compliance but I think that my compliance may lead me to love You also with my heart. The bottom line is that You want it all, mind, heart, soul, and You ask for it a decision at a time. Cure my insanity. 11/23/2010 Conversations Within ts (Between, Ga)
I always try to be gut honest when talking with You. I think I pride myself on it, somehow convinced that sincerity is just as importance as doing what You say. I think You assign value to sincerity but I also know we can be so sincerely wrong in what we do. Lord I need to walk in truth as much as I need to walk truly. I know You want my heart not just my compliance but I think that my compliance may lead me to love You also with my heart. The bottom line is that You want it all, mind, heart, soul, and You ask for it a decision at a time. Cure my insanity. 11/23/2010 Conversations Within ts (Between, Ga)
Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right. John Donne
Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right. John Donne
“Where is your faith?" Lk.8 ESV
It seems reasonable to me to believe the eye witness testimony of hundreds of people when they say they witnessed a dead man get up and walk. This is especially true when these people give me no reason to question either their sanity or their honesty. I generally read and believe what is reported in the news and with far less reason than believing the testimony of these first century Christians. When I look at the world ,it makes far more sense to me to believe in Intelligent design than to believe that life came from non-life or that the complex mechanisms of the universe are the result of random chance. Some people choose a blind faith but not all faith is blind. I believe in creation as I believe in the second law of thermodynamics. I believe in the resurrection as I believe that men walked on the moon. A wise faith is rooted in space and time not religious fanaticism. 11/22/2010 Conversations Within ts (Between, Ga)
“Where is your faith?" Lk.8 ESV
It seems reasonable to me to believe the eye witness testimony of hundreds of people when they say they witnessed a dead man get up and walk. This is especially true when these people give me no reason to question either their sanity or their honesty. I generally read and believe what is reported in the news and with far less reason than believing the testimony of these first century Christians. When I look at the world ,it makes far more sense to me to believe in Intelligent design than to believe that life came from non-life or that the complex mechanisms of the universe are the result of random chance. Some people choose a blind faith but not all faith is blind. I believe in creation as I believe in the second law of thermodynamics. I believe in the resurrection as I believe that men walked on the moon. A wise faith is rooted in space and time not religious fanaticism. 11/22/2010 Conversations Within ts (Between, Ga)
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