Popular ideas about faith vary widely and can be misleading. Many religious people think faith is a mystical gift from God that enables us to understand and relate to Him. The Oxford English Dictionary defines faith as “strong belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof”. Others may be more sceptical and add the word “blind”, their view being that faith lacks reason or evidence. So, what is faith? Bible-based Faith The Bible is the key source of knowledge about God. Therefore, faith in God is best considered by consulting the Bible itself. In the rest of this article, this ‘Bible faith’ is what we are talking about. True faith in God really does involve substance and evidence. The Bible is not an indiscriminate collection of writings. Although it was written down over at least 1,500 years by many writers from different countries and
What is Faith?
