Maybe these posts are just the greatest hits. When it comes to faith, I go back the basic tenant set by Frank Galvan, played by Paul Newman and written by David Mamet, in his closing arguments in the film.

In my religion we say: Act as if ye had faith, faith will be given to you.

This is Mamet’s own construction and is found nowhere in the bible, although it certainly can be found, if not verbatim, elsewhere in Christian thinking about faith.

God has given us reason so that we understand the full depth of vulnerability of faith. That is, faith is not a reckless undertaking, betting the last of one’s money on a long short horse at the race track and “believing” it will win. In fact, faith isn’t about belief at all, but about action.

Kierkegaard, when struggling with Abraham’s willingness to bind his son as a sacrifice in the face of all the facts, called his faith infinite indifference. This indifference is not to the outcome of the actions, which could be negative, but to everything. It is obedience to action. Abraham’s faith cannot be measured by the chance he was taking, and neither can ours.

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