Real Faith
There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out. (Rufus M. Jones, 18th-19th century college professor)
Jones emphasizes the critical importance of faith. Without it, he says, there is not much hope for our future. As a religious writer, he is thinking about faith that is more than an “I hope so” mentality. People have faith in a lot of things: jobs, other people, religion, science; but Jones would no doubt argue that the critical issue is not our faith, but the object of it.
Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. . . . And it is impossible to please God without faith. (Hebrews 11:1, 6)