We began attending a church and
small faith group, which helped us learn to give of ourselves, our time and our resources.
In his
book Small Faith — Great God, N. T. Wright wrote «The world has yet to see what God will do through a worldwide church whose members love one another.»
The author clearly hopes that the ideal of male and female religious who move beyond gender roles to
form small faith communities liberated from a centrally organized clergy is something we can finally realize.
Dr Farid Panjwani, the director of the Centre for Research and Evaluation in Muslim Education at the UCL Institute of Education, welcomed the findings, since it overturned the view held by «certain parts of the press» that
many small faith schools do not prioritise British values.
I've read about a dozen books by N. T. Wright, and I am sorry to say that
Small Faith, Great God is not his best.
Most Likely to Induce
a Small Faith Crisis: Hans Villarica at The Atlantic with «How the unrelenting fear of death shapes our behavior»
When the Bible talks about great faith or
small faith, it is not talking about degrees of faith, but whether or not a person believes difficult truths.
Boyd also reveals a basic misunderstanding of other key ideas as well, such as the term «salvation,» the requirements for eternal life, and the concepts of great faith,
small faith, etc..
The most accurate statement the man of faith can make will still be incomplete and imperfect because his statement is a reflection of his own imperfection — a relative being who even in his most exalted moments is tainted with sin and whose comprehension is constantly being warped by his slight intelligence and
small faith.
If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, but much weakness,
small faith and difficulty; if we keep complaining to God that everything is so paltry and petty, so far from what we expected, then we hinder God from letting our fellowship grow according to the measure and riches which are there for us all in Christ Jesus.