Assignment:
Faith & Reason
"Faith is not opposed to reason, but is sometimes opposed to feelings and appeareances." Tim Keller
How do faith and reason coexist for the Christian disciple? Do faith and reason oppose each other, work together, or end up at the same end goal from completely unrelated paths?
In Ephesians, Paul writes:
Ephesians 4:11-15 New King James Version (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the [a]edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head-Christ- Faith and knowledge /reason will always feed off one another as we grow in Christ.
Throughout the rest of this semester we will be discussing our faith and how we think through issues related and influenced by our faith.
Christian Reflections - Reflection paper 3 to 4 pages (1,050 to 1,400 words) APA format, include references.
To what extent is religious faith objective (i.e., based on reasons or evidence that should be obvious to others) and/or subjective (i.e., based on personal reasons that are not necessarily compelling to others)?
1) In what ways and to what extent do you believe that faith:
• Is derived from what we consider to be true and reasonable?
• Goes beyond what reason and evidence dictate?
• Goes against what is reasonable?
2) What is the role of feelings and emotions in religious faith?
• Does faith depend upon them?
what extent should they embraced or controlled?