 | Connie Neal - 2008 - 330 pages
...believing." Faith says, "Believing is seeing." Or as the Letter to the Hebrews puts it, "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1). Therefore, if you believe, you are willing to act on what you believe, which is why real... | |
 | Eugene Thomas Long, Patrick Horn - 2008 - 148 pages
...if one believes a proposition, one does not doubt it. What of Hebrews 11:1, however: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Does such 'conviction' entail belief, as opposed to a steadfast trusting that the thing in question... | |
 | Harding Hedgpeth - 2008 - 202 pages
...Let's revisit the Biblical definition of faith in the following passage: Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Faith is essential for our salvation. We have to trust and believe what God tells us to the extent... | |
 | Bob Ekblad - 2008 - 194 pages
...the more I long for God's kingdom to break in completely. In Hebrews we are reminded that "faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1 NRSV). In the midst of a description of the faith of patriarchs, the writer reminds us:... | |
 | Mike McManus, Michael J. McManus, Harriett McManus - 2008 - 257 pages
...fortify all marriages within the church using proven methods of enrichment and restoration. "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen," wrote the author of Hebrews to a people who were being persecuted. This book was written with that... | |
 | Thomas G. Long, Leonora Tubbs Tisdale - 2008 - 250 pages
...faith. FAITH: A PECULIARLY CHRISTIAN FORM OF IMAGINATION "Faith," writes the author of Hebrews, "is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1). What a marvelous paradox! To believe in something that is invisible To be sure of a promise... | |
 | Pierre De Cointet, Barbara A. Morgan, Petroc Willey - 2008 - 204 pages
...end, which is that of sharing in the beatitude of the life of the Trinity (see CCC 1721): "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" (Heb 11:1). Catechesis, therefore, begins from the end, for this is where faith is rooted — in our... | |
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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 
