Psalm 138:1-2

I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

All people have faith. Everyone bases their lives on things that they trust without seeing or proving empirically. For example, I trust that BB&T, my local bank, will keep my money safe. I trust that if BB&T were to collapse, the FDIC insure my balance. That “trust” is faith by the Bible standards.

We live in an age, at least in America, where there is a great divide regarding faith. We have a strong secular-progressive movement that is against traditional morality, religion, and culture. Yet those same people still have great faith! They trust that God is not the God of the Bible—if He exists at all. They trust, or exercise faith, that the Bible is not God’s Word. They trust that 15 billion years ago there was a _Big Bang_—even though no one was there to see it and it can’t be recreated. They have faith that man evolved from one-celled life forms that somehow spontaneously became alive—even though macroevolution has yet to be demonstrated. They have great faith, just in the wrong things.

On the other side of this divide is a group that contends that faith is great. It doesn’t matter what you believe or how you connect with God, just do. We have had the angel craze of the 80’s and 90’s, Oprah’s new age religion, and the ecumenism that has engulfed Gospel preaching churches over the last 50 years. Spirituality is the key they say.

What is the truth then about faith?

Faith: we all have it. The question is what is the basis, or foundation, of our faith. The secular-progressive trusts science, philosophers, and political leaders. If their science is wrong, their philosopher is wrong, or their political leader is wrong, then their life is built on a shaky foundation.

This is true of the “spiritual” person as well. If their guru, pastor, author, or TV icon is wrong, then their life is built on error.

Now Psalm 138 makes perfect sense. Why would God magnify His Word above even His own name? I’m sure there are multiple reasons, but simple logic dictates the first. How would we even know of God—let alone His name—without His Word. The Bible then is the basis of our faith. This is what separates Bible-believing groups all through history from the other segments of Christianity and the rest of the world.

What I believe (or put my faith or trust) in and on is not dependent on what I think. It is dependent on what the Bible says. Romans 10:17 describes how we get faith that will work.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

If I am going to trust my soul and eternity to something, it had better be more than my reasoning, my logic, and my church. The basis of my faith ought be God’s declaration to man—the Bible.

It has taken 18 months, but we are back and excited about the future. In order to prevent the lapses that are so common with blogs, we will be keeping a little bit tighter of a scheduler. During weekdays, there will be a post every day, and it will be something worth your time—at least I think so. Feel free to comment, and ask questions. The only way we can improve our thinking is by thinking. Enjoy!

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