Faith

The way 'faith' is often used in the church today (that is, not in the church in the past) seems to be more influenced by cultural factors than the Bible. We hear of 'the leap in faith' even in Christian conversation, unwitting quotation of Kierkegaard's existentialism; as opposed to the realism of the Bible, where faith has substance, and is joined to 'understanding' and the operation of the mind, not wishful thinking.