What if faith is not based on the strength of your belief, but in The One who gave you that faith?
What if faith is not based on the amount you know, but in The One who knows you?
What if faith that is even feeble weak dried up half-steps towards Him is just enough for the next step?
What if faith is not measured in religious metrics like Bible-reading and church attendance and prayer time and loud singing, but in your messy love for Him and the people He has made?
What if faith was not about the mountains you could shake, but about the Son who climbed a hill with a cross to save you?
What if faith was preached in the pulpit not as a critical barometer of your works, but as the source we draw from for the work itself?
What if faith is just dang difficult, and God knew that, so He sent His Son who welcomed all doubts, questions, and confusion, and became the answer on a cross?
Originally posted here on my Tumblr.
J.S. Park: Hospital Chaplain 
Good questions. The old and well-loved hymn puts it thus:
“It is not thy tears of repentance or prayers, but the blood that atones for the soul…”
(There Is Life For A Look by Amelia M. Hull)
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Hmm… Interesting post. Not sure what to say about that one. In some ways, it’s a bit dismal. But, in some ways there seems to be some truth there. Please, God, help our unbelief!
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Romans 4 almost makes it sound like Abraham’s faith is what saves US! It’s an interesting chapter to read when you open your heart and mind to the possibilities. Chapter 5 just makes things even more interesting with all the talk about the first Adam (Adam) and the second (Jesus).
JS, have you ever read anything by Baxter Kruger? I think one of his best works is “Jesus and the Undoing of Adam”, but that’s just me. 🙂
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The Book of Romans is probably the most eloquent thing I’ve ever read. It destroys me every time.
I have not read Baxter Krueger but will check it out …!
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Methinks you will Love. It. But do let me know how it strikes you. Always nice to hear the views of ‘real’ theologians (which I am not).
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