Nathan E. Lewis

Faith is a well-used word in our culture and it has a range of meaning. In some contexts we closely connect it to the verb “to believe,” referring to firmly held convictions. Within this group of references we describe our spirituality, religion, morality and philosophy. But we also closely connect faith to a general positivism. We might use faith to describe our inner hope or emotion supporting a future reality desired by us. Most Christians go looking in the Bible for definitions of words like faith and such a search usually ends in a tangled confusion. Meaning in the Bible, like any literature, is determined by context and always presents a range of meaning. (more…)