A Faith of Your Own: Naming What You Really Believe

A faith should be a living thing. What we believe necessarily evolves in response to insights into the Bible to questions or doubts we face to changes in life circumstances or to things that happen in the larger world. Nevertheless Christians often find it helpful to identify what they can most fully believe at a given moment. Such clarity empowers the present and leads us toward the future. Such moments can also be mile markers by which we measure our faith journey. In each chapter the first section lists the most common ways a certain topic is understood in the Bible. The second section identifies important ways the church has interpreted that topic since the Bibles inception. The third section introduces contemporary perspectives. With that foundational knowledge readers can make a judgment as to which viewpoints seem more or less persuasive to them personally. Finally each chapter ends with questions for reflection for individuals or small groups.