When is Faith no longer Faith

Published: Oct. 25, 2009, 10 p.m.

b'Faith is no longer faith when it becomes religious ideas and doctrines.\\nFaith is not religion. Many times people say "We have our faith". What\\nthey really mean is this: "We have our religious ideas and doctrines,\\nour traditions, and our ways of doing things - so don\'t try to change\\nthem." This is not the Biblical idea of faith. True faith is\\nnot a religious exercise or an ideological or philosophical view. And\\nit definitely isn\\u2019t a formula! The \\u2018Faith Movement\\u2019 often gave the\\nimpression that faith was a technique used to get what you want.\\nHowever, the danger with any such system or procedure is that man, and\\nnot God, is usually in control - making it a religious practice.'