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The Alisa Childers Podcast

#190 Is Biblical Faith a Blind Leap in the Dark? with Shane Rosenthal

The Alisa Childers Podcast

Alisa Childers

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.95.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Faith is one of the most misunderstood concepts in Christianity. Some think it's a blind leap in the dark with no evidence to back it up. Others think it's a force you wield in order to manifest certain realities. Still others think it's the opposite of doubt, and something that only exists with absolute certainty. The "Humble Skeptic" Shane Rosenthal joins the podcast to bust some myths about faith! Check out Shane's free resource, "What is Faith?"

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Alisa Childers Podcast where we equip Christians to identify the core

0:13.6

beliefs of historic Christianity, discern its counterfeits, and proclaim the gospel with

0:18.4

clarity, kindness, and truth.

0:20.9

Today's episode is brought to you by Impact 360 Institute who create life-changing experiences

0:26.5

for students, including a nine-month gap year program.

0:30.2

Go to Impact360.org to learn more.

0:33.4

Well, I am so excited to bring you this conversation today with my friend, Shane Rosenthal,

0:39.0

aka the Humble Skeptic.

0:41.9

That is the title of his brand new podcast.

0:44.0

You might remember him from the White Horse Inn podcast, a great resource.

0:48.4

They dive really deep into church history, the church fathers, and Shane has now set out

0:52.6

on his own to just with this new venture of the Humble Skeptic podcast where he argues

0:57.9

that Christians, biblically, are actually commanded to be a little bit skeptical.

1:02.4

Well, how does that interact with faith?

1:04.3

We had a really great conversation.

1:06.8

The parts of it that really stood out to me are when he talked about what the Bible

1:10.6

is talking about, when it says the word faith.

1:13.2

He goes into the Greek and even what that Greek word meant to the surrounding culture.

1:17.5

This is a very common word that was used quite a bit, even talking about what Aristotle

1:22.0

meant when he was talking about it and why that's relevant for us as Christians to understand

1:26.5

how that word was used in culture.

1:29.1

Because when we read about it in our Bibles, we can tend to impose a modern definition

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