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Faith is the discernment of things unseen. Faith looks for a city yet to come, not made with hands.<\/p>\n

To any visible arrangement of things, faith stands with Faust in his refusal of \u201cStay, you are so fair.\u201d Faith says to every human construction, \u201cGood, but not it<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faith\u2019s reserve means that it keeps its distance, which is the basis for proper critique, which is the basis for progress and freedom.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Faith is the discernment of things unseen. Faith looks for a city yet to come, not made with hands. To any visible arrangement of things, faith stands with Faust in his refusal of \u201cStay, you are so fair.\u201d Faith says to every human construction, \u201cGood, but not it.\u201d Faith\u2019s reserve means that it keeps its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hebrews-11-faith-sight"],"yoast_head":"\nFaith, Not Sight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Faith is the discernment of things unseen. 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