Have you noticed that, these days, the church seldom talks about a person’s faith being settled on a set of dogma which the person has become convinced represents real objective truth? Instead, because of the church’s reluctance to make a definitive theological statement of any kind – other than that we should not make a definitive theological statement of any kind – we are all on a faith journey.
Well I’m not. I used to be an atheist; when I came to the conclusion that God almost certainly exists I changed my mind. I changed my mind again – or perhaps God changed it – when I awoke, literally one morning, with the certain knowledge that Jesus is God incarnate.
I was not on a faith journey then, I am not on one now and have absolutely no intention of going on one – ever.
I see your point – but there are many metaphors in the bible comparing our faith to a ‘walk’. I don’t mind the word ‘journey’ – as long as Jesus really is leading the way.
Faith “journey” is beloved by people who avoid any committment, probably due to fear and are able to dress this up as “non-judgemental”, “inclusive” and the rest.
I too feel that I am on a journey. As I continue to seek God in my life I realize that he is continuing to teach me, and in the process I experience an ever closer relationship with Him.
Something that I thought up not too long ago, and that I like very much, is simply this:
“I have come to know so much, that I now know, that I don’t know it all.”
Good post. It’s bull, nothing more. We don’t “go on a journey” when attempting to discover whether we have funds at the bank. We find out.
Only people who (a) don’t care what the answer is and (b) don’t care about honesty would come out with BS like that.
“Faith journey” indeed!
Galatians 5:16, Ephesians 5:2, Colossians 3:7,
1 John 1:6, 1 John 1:7, 2 John 1:6 are just a few of the hits when I search the NIV on Bible Gateway for the word ‘walk’. The walk, or journey, of faith is all through the New Testament. Don’t throw out a perfectly good word just because it has been co opted.
Maybe you should have just said “My journey to hating.” Full stop.