Why Faith Requires Patience
Google Image Due to time restraints caused by my moving out-of-state, Skeptical Faith blogs are, as they say in show biz, "encore presentations." This one was published in 2014. It’s no secret that many people, believers and non-believers, struggle with faith. Like non-believers, many believers have doubts and questions. Some have spent lifetimes of struggle with questions about God. For various reasons, believers have come down on the side of faith. Many of us, like the psalmist says, simply “cling to him in love.” Today’s believers can’t bank on the artificial props of the past, however. They can’t depend on God as an answer to many questions about the natural world, or assume that most people (including family members) are like-minded or attend church regularly. And modern society, with all its advantages in prosperity (in many parts of the world) and advances in technology, has brought an unprecedented amount of anxiety, stress and “busyness,” all obstacles in the sea...