...Contending for the faith can be a grueling job, considering all the variations offered to us. 1. What is a proper definition of faith? 2. How can it be applied to our lives? A sound understanding of faith may take some patience and thoughtful understanding today as we tackle just a few of the many differences between a healthy faith and the kind that leads to a very troubled praxeology**. [....] This “optimism” in one’s faith rather than a God Centered faith is really an old heresy that started with the early influence of Gnosticism on the Desert Fathers. [....]...