Chapter Two
Faith: Responding to God's Invitation

I) A Question of Worldviews

II) The Meaning of Faith
A) Faith: Trust and Belief
B) A Gift, Not an Achievement

III) When We Do Not Have All the Answers
A) The Story of Brenda
B) Responding to Tragedy

IV) How Can We Know About God?
A) Signs of God's Existence
B) Revelation: God's Self-Disclosure

V) Faith and Religious Practices: The Same or Different?
A) Religious Practices: A Way to Express Faith
B) They Need Each Other
C) Is There a Crisis of Faith?
D) The challenge of Responding

VI) A Testimony of Faith




I) A Question of Worldviews

II) The Meaning of Faith

• A) Faith: Trust and Belief
  
• B) A Gift, Not an Achievement

III) When We Do Not Have All the Answers

• A) The Story of Brenda
  
• B) Responding to Tragedy

IV) How Can We Know About God?

• A) Signs of God's Existence
  
• B) Revelation: God's Self-Disclosure

V) Faith and Religious Practices: The Same or Different?

• A) Religious Practices: A Way to Express Faith
  
• B) They Need Each Other
  
• C) Is There a Crisis of Faith?
  
• D) The Challenge of Responding

VI) A Testimony of Faith





I) A Question of Worldviews

• A) A Jewish folktale
• B) How Do We Get a Worldview?
• C) Matters of the Heart and the Head
• D) Struggling to Speak of the Great Mysteries

II) The Meaning of Faith

The story of Eddie and Vince

• A) Faith: Trust and Belief
  • 1) It's About Trust
  • 2) Its About Belief
  
  
• B) A Gift, Not an Achievement
  • 1) God Makes the First Move
  • 2) A Free Gift and Free REsponse
  • 3) It's a Lifetime Offer

Boxed section:

• You Can't Have One Without the Other

III) When We Do Not Have All the Answers

• A) The Story of Brenda
  
• B) Responding to Tragedy
  • 1) Answers That Fail to Satisfy
  • 2) A Christian Response to Tragedy: Deepened Trust

IV) How Can We Know About God?

• A) Signs of God's Existence
  • 1) In the Conviction of Persons Who Care for Us
  • 2. In Human Reason: From the experience with the nature world
  • From experience of ourselves as human persons
• 3. In the Universal Belief in Sared Mystery Throughout History
• 4. In the Experience of Being Loved
  

B) Revelation: God's Self-Disclosure

• 1) God Longs for Intimacy with Us
• 2) How is God Revealed?
  • within individual experience
  • Through the events of history
  • Within sacred writing or scriptures
  • Through religious teachings and statements of faith

V) Faith and Religious Practices: The Same or Different?

• A) Religious Practices: A Way to Express Faith
• B) They Need Each Other
• C) Is There a Crisis of Faith?
  • Expressing Faith Is Not Easy
  • Questioning Faith Becasue of Religious Practices
  • Celebrating Faith
• D) The Challenge of Responding

Boxed sections:

• Telling It Like It Is!
• A Question, an Answer

VI) A Testimony of Faith