No Wonder We Have So Much Trouble Understanding Faith Bill Nichols, PhD. Ask ten people, “What exactly is faith?” You’ll probably get ten different answers. If you think about the many ways the word faith is used today, it’s no wonder people have so much trouble understanding what faith is. Mother Teresa’s sacrificial work helping impoverished…
Be careful. Your faith can infect or inspire. Even with the best of intentions, our faith can hurt others. In his Dynamics of Faith, Paul Tillich, the world-renowned, Christian philosopher, psychologist, and theologian, said, “Today the term ‘faith’ is more productive of disease than of health.” Have you noticed the word faith can mean almost…
Having faith in God is more than believing, feeling, and caring about God. Genuine faith is letting God live through you to touch people in love as Jesus did. .
TAKE THE TEST – 7 Signs of a Sick Faith Be careful. Faith can poison. Not all faith is healthy. If your faith is sick, it will poison your relationships, kill your joy, and destroy your peace. If it is healthy, it will enrich your relationship with God and others, enhance your inner joy, and…
Harriet Felt Two-faced Harriet felt dishonest. In between sobs and attempts to regain her composure, she confessed her weariness from acting like her faith was fine when it was not. For a while Harriet’s two-faced faith was able to fool her Sunday friends but she could not fool her conscience. Her dishonesty was…