Christian Foundations By: Kathleen Fischer & Thomas Hart

Faith is accepting what you are taught or told without trying to prove or disprove it, rather than discovering it through experience. Those who believe in God have faith. It has not been proven that God exists; similarly, it has not been proven that humans are kind, honest, and good by nature. Young Goodman Brown is a character in "Young Goodman Brown," who leaves his known world in Salem village and travels an unknown road in a dark forest in the middle of the night, a common motif in literature better known as the Hero's journey, and is faced with obstacles. He must decide if he will carry his journey out till the end, or turn back and not learn the truth about himself and other

I am a true believer in faith and prayers because my life is spent on faith. Each time I wake up or lay down, I pray and ask the Lord to watch over my kids and all my loved ones. Anytime something happens bad, the outcome is good. This is the work of God because he calls the shots of my life. He is in total control of life.

I believe that the statement “Faith means knowing that something is real even if we do not see it” is a accurate statement about what faith is. We have faith that authorities, and elected officials will make good choices, even though we do now know every decision that they make in office. We have faith that our friends will not betray us the second they get the chance. We also have faith that God is looking down on us, protecting us, and making sure that everything happens for some sort of reason. As Tillich says “Without such trust we could not believe anything except the objects of our immediate experience.” Faith is all we have. In Tillich’s book he says that faith should not be simply believing without seeing. It is belief with direct

“Faith”, in the most technical sense, originates from the Latin word “fides and fido” — faith and to trust. Faith is not strictly a religious concept, but from a Christian viewpoint, faith is an agreement with God. Biblical faith is defined in Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”. Faith is more than just mere confidence; it is a kind of confidence one only has when they have significant reason to believe something. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), a Catholic priest as well as both a philosopher and theologian, defines faith as trusting in God and believing what He has revealed — something that goes beyond human reasoning; “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible”. To Aquinas, faith and reason are synonymous. Both involve believing the things that God has revealed, and recognizing these by signs such as miracles. One prime example of a “miracle” of God is

Faith is portrayed in the Bible. An example would be Moses. Moses was the savior of all Israelites in Egypt. They had been held down in chains by the pharaoh. Although Moses had most against his word, he put his faith in God and ended with success. Another story is the tale of Noah. He had put all of his faith on God to build a gigantic ark to save all species on earth. His faith had put him in the right direction. Many actions can be done today to increase the chances of people to have this trait. Instead of forcing it upon people, just spread love and kindness. Those two traits are subgroups of faith. In addition, taking more people to church will increase the likelihood of having faith. Even having simple interactions can also increase the likelihood.

Faith has been the primary premise for Christianity throughout time. Without having faith Christianity would be lacking the necessary motivation to practice their beliefs. Faith is what gives people hope in the Christian tradition. There many varying views and interpretations of faith that have been passed down through the Christian tradition, some widely conflicting, but all that holding their own personal merit. Many of these beliefs stood the test of time and are still prominent today.

This paper will be based on the reading "What is Faith," posted on blackboard. In addition, I will delineate the key outlooks and positions of the author. First of all, I have to say about the author of the book posted on Blackboard that from the beginning to the end of his writing he keeps through examples and comparison that everyone has faith in something. Terrence opens the introduction remarking that is very important that people has started more and more to familiarize with the powerful human reality (Faith), even in many times it's been disregarded in our lives, and hard to recognize the principal importance of faith in the societies. In addition to this

“Faith...is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods (Lewis 1952).” C.S. Lewis in his writings on faith and reasoning there are inherent ideals that when becoming a Christian are understood. Prior to belief, a person’s deeper meaning of faith cannot be understood. Unbelievers can only have a certain amount of trust in that faith; however, it is purely practical on the part of the non-Christian. As Lewis comments in his writings, there are just certain trials and tribulations in a person’s life that come and go, and then they will have to reach outside of themselves to a power higher to understand what it all means. Faith and Christianity are both foundations of beliefs to build a framework upon;

Faith is having complete confidence and compassion in something that reason is against. People express it daily with or without knowing it. The word has deep-roots with many meanings. The word has been compared to other words such as; trust, belief, and hope. However, faith has an entirely different meaning. To have trust, belief, and hope in something can develop into faith, but they do not independently have the same meaning as Faith. Faith is believing something so strongly that it affects daily actions and thoughts. Faith can be revealed through devotion, trust, and love.

Having faith means something different for each person that uses it. For some, it is a complete confidence in someone or something. This deals with the non-religious side of faith. And others believe that faith is the strong belief in God, based on spiritual understanding rather than proof. This is the religious understanding or definition of what faith is. But to me, faith is trusting or believing in an idea or a person, even when no one else does or when there is no evidence to back up my beliefs. To me, faith means not giving up when I’m put in situations where I don't know what to expect. Faith means that I have to keep moving ahead even through the dark and scary parts of my life. Faith is walking through a dark tunnel blindly with the

Faith cannot be seen with the physical eye. That is why the word says that we walk by faith and not by sight. Each piece of fabric that we add to our faith makes up that quilted blanket, it starts takes up space. The pieces fit together to fulfill a purpose. When we give faith a place in our lives, we are allowing for God to do His will, His work in our lives. This allows for us to be protected and for us to continue our walk to fulfill our purpose.

For many years, preachers and teachers have warned congregations about a church that “seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 14:12). It has been said in casual conversation that the Emerging Church is a modern-day effort to transform the church into a place that is accepting of all truths and all faiths no matter their origin. If this is true, it could bring interesting challenges to the true church that was launched on the Day of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2.

Until this time, God was in charge of giving us many different ways by which we can be built up. The Church, now I am refering to the congregation, is one of this im-portant ways. Paul said, So Christ himself gave the apostles, the proph-ets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and be-come mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians

As a child of God, one is governed by the standard of faith (II Corinthians 5:7), and the Bible states that Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17) Since faith comes by the word of God, where there is no word of God there can be no faith! And, without faith it is impossible for one to please God. (Hebrews 11:6)

A collection of books inspired by the Creator and penned by representatives of the Creator, were arranged in a compilation by man. In this collection of books it states: without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrew 11:6). Another reason skeptical people cannot discover God; they do not come to Him and believe that He is. They lack faith. Many of these people place extreme faith in unprovable theories. On the other hand, millions of people around the world believe and have faith in God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Many of these people have had phenomenal experiences that contributed to the formation of an unmovable faith, which became essential proof of His existence to those