RE: Question about "faith"
September 17, 2020 at 10:13 am
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2020 at 10:33 am by John 6IX Breezy.)
(September 17, 2020 at 9:54 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Alas, the dictionary makes a distinction that you are NOT making:
The first definition represents the Christian usage of the word. Here's another example from the 1800s when my church was being formed:
"Faith is trusting God, believing that He loves us, and knows best what is for our good" -E.G. White.
The second definition does not represent the biblical usage of the word. It's just the way people have come to describe religious beliefs more broadly, as "faiths," etc.
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There is a danger of overgeneralizing from my end. However, my basis thus far (with the exception of the E.G. White quote above) has been Scripture, C.S. Lewis, Dave Willis (whatever denomination he might be), and John Locke, Greek Concordance, and an Etymology dictionary. All of which define faith as trust, warranty, etc. These are resources that don't belong to my church, and in some cases from Christians that have themselves criticized my church (C.S. Lewis).
