Is this faith placed in yourself? Apart from Christ (of whom you didn’t mention once) we are enemies of God (Romans 5:10). That is why He came–to reconcile us to God by faith (radical trust) in Him.

This “Faith Fitness” sounds positive. But, if it is not perfectly aligned with the Bible then it is not positive whatsoever.

From Rusty:

Great question. While there are different connotations to the word “faith” (and all of them, as you point out, must be perfectly aligned with true doctrine), in this series of posts I’m referring to the faith that leads you to action, and can create miracles.

Here’s the bibles definition: (Hebrews 11:1) “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

The faith that leads men to action, and allows them to do things that they could otherwise not do. For instance when Peter tried to walk on the water, and begain sinking (Matthew 14:31) “And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little fiath, wherefore didst thou doubt?”

I loved your terminology “radical trust”, I think that’s a terrific definition. We hope for things, and then put radical trust in our Savior to make them come to pass. I think that’s a great way to describe faith in action. Peter hoped to walk accross the water to the Savior, and then put radical trust in him to make it possible, and only when he doubted, or that trust became too weak, did he start to sink.