Over the past year, 1 Corinthians 13:13 has been a verse that has often been on my mind. If you are not familiar with the verse, it reads like this: "Three things will last forever--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love" (NLT).
During my time at Briercrest College last year, it was brought to my attention in my Hermeneutics class with Dr. David Miller that the great scholar St. Augustine categorized these three attributes as the foundations of the Christian faith (if you really are pretentious enough to care to read his thoughts on faith, hope, and love, here is a link to his work http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/augustine_enchiridion_02_trans.htm#C2). I began to think more and more on the subject, and began thinking if I found this to indeed be true in my own life. Was there any way that I am required to act as a Christian without taking faith, hope and love into account?
Now I admit, I am no expert on any of the three subjects at hand here, but I do feel like I have been learning more and more about them during my studies. During my next few posts, I am going to do something that goes against many of my beliefs as a BTS student and not view this verse exegetically, but rather to look at the subjects of faith, hope, and love individually and see how we can apply these things into our lives today.
Knowing that these three subjects are ones that I hold dear to my heart, it would not surprise me if I kept coming back to them throughout my time blogging. This goes back to me attempting to live a lifestyle of learning, always trying to gain more knowledge so that I can in return share my knowledge with others in attempt to better those around me as well as at the same time bettering myself.
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