The chief difficulty is that God demands of us that we…
“The chief difficulty is that God demands of us that we live by faith: faith in God, God's sovereignty over the future, God's sufficiency for the present; while, on the other hand, the various other gods whom we can serve appeal to us in terms of the things which we can see and the forces which we can calculate. The choice between the life of faith and the life of sight is a choice between a God whom only faith can apprehend and gods whom one has only to see to understand.”
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
Faith requires trusting unseen divine sovereignty, while sighted belief relies on observable evidence; the choice reflects deeper worldview commitments.
In simple terms: Faith trusts the unseen; sight trusts the seen.
Key Takeaway
Reflect on your source of belief.
Themes
faith
spirituality
philosophy
Type
Appeals:0
Chiefs:0
Choices:1
Demand:0
Difficulty:0
Faith:1
Faith in god:1
Force:0
God faith:0
Hands:0
Invisible:0
Life:0
Live by:0
Seeing:0
Sight:0
Sovereignty:1
Sufficiency:0
Term:0
Time:0
Various:0
Visible:0
Faith God:0
God's Sovereignty:1
God Demands:0
Choice God:1
Key Concepts
personal decision making
religious practice
scientific inquiry
Questions to Reflect On
- contemplative
- serious
A Different Perspective
What does faith mean to you?;How do you balance faith and evidence?