"TlS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS": WHAT A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRUST IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS SUGGESTS ABOUT THE UNIQUENESS OF CHRISTIAN, FAITH
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Personal trust (fiducia) in the Lord Jesus Christ is traditionally considered one of three necessary components of the virtue of Dr. Erde/ is Archivist/(he%gica/ Christian faith (fides), along with Librarian, andAssociale Pttifossor cognitive belief (notitia) in Jesus o/Religion and Philosophy at the and volitional commitment Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana. He holds degrees from (assensus) to him. There may be Trinity Evangelical Divinity other el ements worthy of School, (MDiv. cum laudefrom consideration as essential the School ojWorldMission and components of the virtue of Evangelism, 1976,' Th.M in Christian faith, · such as a Philosophy o/Religion, 1981) and the UniversityojIllinois at disposition to love God and our Urbana-Champaign (M.A. in neighbors, or to obey God, or to Philosophy, 1986; PhD. in practice good works, but the Philosophy, 2000) among others. focus here will be · on the He first presented this article as a .. dimension of personal trust in paper at the Evangelical God as revealed in Jesus Christ. 1 Theological Society's annual meeti,:!g in Toronto in November, Religious beliefs presumably
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