042 Why Evidence-Based Faith Matters

Church History Matters

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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“Faith is the substance of things hoped for,” Hebrews 11:1 reads, “the evidence of things not seen.” Hmm. Faith is the evidence of things not seen. Does this mean faith is the evidence we have of things not seen? Or could we say it this way: faith is the level of confidence we feel toward a truth-claim or proposed reality which we have not seen based on the degree of evidence we have accumulated of its truthfulness and existence? If so, is this why the Lord’s prescription in D&C 88:118 for those who “have not faith” is for them to seek learning? Is he suggesting that by diligently studying wisdom from the “best books” we will find evidences of the unseen that will enlarge our faith? Today on Church History Matters Casey and Scott explore this idea of evidence-based faith-seeking as a way to understand each of the thinking skills and mental frameworks they've explored throughout this series. Could it be that for some of us at least, the best way to strengthen our faith is to gather evidences of the unseen by combining good thinking tools with a study of great source material? Quite possibly. But as today’s discussion makes plain, there is also a deep need to add to this approach a few crucial attributes as well. For show notes and transcript for this and other episodes go to https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/

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0:00.0	Faith is the substance of things hoped for, Hebrews 11-1 reads, the evidence of things
0:07.0	hoped for, Hebrews 11-1 reads, The evidence of things not seen.
0:12.3	Hmm, faith is the The evidence of things not seen.
0:13.0	Hmm. Faith is the evidence of things not seen.
0:17.0	Does this mean faith is the evidence we have of things not seen?
0:21.0	Could we say it this way? Faith is the level of confidence
0:25.0	we feel toward a truth claim or proposed reality which we have not seen based
0:30.0	on the degree of evidence we have accumulated of its truthfulness and existence.
0:34.6	Hmm, maybe?
0:37.2	If so, is this why the Lord's prescription in D.N.C. 88. 118, for those who have not faith, is for them to seek the best books, we will find evidences of the unseen that will enlarge our faith.
0:56.2	Today on Church History Matters, Casey and I explore this very idea of evidence-based faith-seeking
1:02.2	as a way to understand each of the thinking skills
1:04.7	and mental frameworks we've explored throughout this series. Could it be that for some of
1:09.9	us at least, the best way to strengthen our faith is to gather evidences of the unseen
1:15.8	by combining good thinking skills with a study of great source material?
1:20.7	Quite possibly.
1:21.9	But as today's discussion will make plain, there is also a deep need to add to this approach a few crucial attributes as well.
1:30.0	I'm Scott Woodward and my co-host is Casey Griffiths and today we dive into our eighth episode in this series
1:36.7	dealing with truth-seeking and good thinking. Now let's get into it. All right, hello Scott.
1:47.0	Hey Casey Griffith, what's going on, my brother?
1:52.0	I'm doing great.
1:53.0	Awesome. We're headed towards the conclusion of this series.
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