<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Jul 9, 2013, at 3:36 PM, R Williams <<a href="mailto:rcwmbw@yahoo.com">rcwmbw@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; ">I read Brooks' article this morning somewhat hastily. What I thought he missed was the subtle distinction between belief (intellectual assent) and faith ("you-bet-your-life" trust), which is a very healthy and informative conversation going on today in certain circles.</span></blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div>For what it's worth: a footnote on the fly in the midst of this larger conversation.</div><div><br></div><div>I've shifted my definitions of faith—from <i>belief in things unseen</i>, to Randy's <i>you bet-your-life-trust</i>, to my current image, the <i>expectation and anticipation of life</i>-<i>saving</i> <i>experience</i> (of grace or whatever form the experience might take).</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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