If we asked “people on the street” to define faith, we would receive a variety of answers. Among these might be “trust,” especially trust in something unseen, or perhaps “conviction,” especially conviction in spite of evidence to the contrary. To “lose faith” is to lose confidence, whether in a person, a relationship, a dream, an impersonal entity like a corporation or a government, or God. Faith is a complex human experience, and Paul preserves this complexity while giving it a unique twist. While