The opposite of faith
Should we expect to be forsaken—by God or the world or both?
Yes, perhaps by the world—and we will feel forsaken by God. But in Christ, we never actually are. The pattern of the faithful is not to avoid the pit, but to find God there—even when it seems He’s gone. That’s the paradox of Psalm 88 and the passion of Jesus: the dark is not the end. It is... See more
Yes, perhaps by the world—and we will feel forsaken by God. But in Christ, we never actually are. The pattern of the faithful is not to avoid the pit, but to find God there—even when it seems He’s gone. That’s the paradox of Psalm 88 and the passion of Jesus: the dark is not the end. It is... See more
Opinion | The Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be
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Paul discovers that faith is not eliminating negation but rather embracing it. Paul sees that faith is a gift given to embrace negation, to find the very presence of the living Christ coming to you not through the strength of commitment but through the act of shared negation.