Alas, I confess to not being the best at grammar - not the way of 1970's Secondary education!
I was therefore intrigued to read that in John's Gospel faith is never referred to as a noun but rather as a verb. In otherwords faith is not something we have, but something we do! To quote Prof Karoline Lewis, "We tend to talk about "our faith" or "having faith," assuming that it is a done deal, that believing is as simple as acquiring faith. But the Gospel of John never refers to faith as a noun. Faith is not a possession, not something that one gets, not something that one has—it is something that one does. Believing for the characters in the Fourth Gospel is a verb." (http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=2/17/2008)
Now that does put a new perspective on what we have being trying to get across to Christians for .... ! Thank you Prof Karoline - this is a most helpful help.
I was therefore intrigued to read that in John's Gospel faith is never referred to as a noun but rather as a verb. In otherwords faith is not something we have, but something we do! To quote Prof Karoline Lewis, "We tend to talk about "our faith" or "having faith," assuming that it is a done deal, that believing is as simple as acquiring faith. But the Gospel of John never refers to faith as a noun. Faith is not a possession, not something that one gets, not something that one has—it is something that one does. Believing for the characters in the Fourth Gospel is a verb." (http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=2/17/2008)
Now that does put a new perspective on what we have being trying to get across to Christians for .... ! Thank you Prof Karoline - this is a most helpful help.
