Reason

By basing our assurance on the promises of God, which we not only hope for in the future but live in now, the Christian can finally rest in the comfort that they are both saved and not responsible for their own salvation.

The gospel does not proclaim the results of our practical reasoning about things we experience, but the horror of God crucified for our sins and at our hands.

If you want to boil Schleiermacher down to some foundation upon which to build up his theology, think feelings.

Biblically speaking, we won’t find much evidence for a preordained spouse.

Perhaps best known for his “wager,” Pascal is often associated with this curious argument for the existence of God and eternal blessedness.