“Learning
to Live without Fear” is the title of chapter 6 in Beth Tanner’s The Psalms for Today. She uses Psalm 27 as a case study of how “sin
and greed and lack of faith in God and each other” lead to “fear [which] causes
us to live reduced lives.” (50, 57)
Why is it
important to have faith in God and
in each other? Some would argue that the
two contradict each other. Some would say
that having just one of the two is all that’s necessary. And of course, some see no difference between
blind faith and faith that uses its brain.
But what
about that other part? Does fear reduce
our lives? We might think of obvious
cases, like phobias—fear of whatever. We avoid and/or loathe whatever the phobia is
about. Still, in a more fundamental way,
can we think of ways in which fear reduces our lives?
And on the flip side, can we think of ways in which love and (good)
faith increase our lives?
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