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Abraham obeyed through faith when he was called to go to the place he would receive as an inheritance. Moreover, he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith, he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with whom he had the same promise; because he waited for the city with foundations, whose builders and makers are God. (Hebrews 11:8-10)

The Jews ask for signs, and the Greeks seek wisdom; but we proclaim the crucified Christ, a stumbling block for the Jews, and folly for the Gentiles, but for those called, Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. "As the Dean so movingly indicated in his speeches, all lines of wisdom emerge from the rich treasure house of the Old Testament and meet in the one of whom all Scripture speaks. As we draw together the threads of this retreat we find the rich tapestry they form takes the shape, well-known but still shocking and challenging, of the crucified one. All Christian ministry of whatever kind is a living in Christ and a living out of the life of Christ before the world, and it is right we should pause at this point and bring to explicit and focal statement what has been implicit all along.

Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot foresee. By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith, he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.