Why faith is frightening

Mark Galli in Christianity Today writes:

Faith is frightening because it speaks of the death of the self. It seems weak and useless because it undermines any role we might play in this salvation drama.

For faith is not an attitude we conjure up, like a cheerleader rousing a crowd, to show God we really mean it. It is not mere intellectual assent that shows God we are thinking soundly. Faith is not even a repentant and contrite heart that we work up to impress God with our humility.

Faith is the unexpected realization that something remarkable has happened in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ: our annihilation and our start over.

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