Is Faith a Feeling?

Is Faith a Feeling?

From The Humble Skeptic by Truth Isn't Afraid of Questions

August 5, 2025 · 41 min

About this episode

The episode explores whether faith is a subjective feeling as suggested by some Christians, and examines biblical and other religious texts on the topic.

According to many Christians today, faith isn’t based on external facts or evidence, but is considered an internal, subjective feeling, intuition, or experience. But is this taught anywhere in the Bible? What about other religious texts and traditions? Shane Rosenthal explores these questions and more and talks with Craig Parton, author of Religion on Trial. Note: This is Humble Skeptic episode #4, which was originally released on Dec. 6, 2022. SPECIAL OFFER: What is Faith? This 20-page PDF resource by Shane Rosenthal walks through many of the issues covered on this episode, and includes all the supporting documentation in case you’d like to research things further yourself. We’ll send you a link to download this PDF when you upgrade to a paid subscription or make a gift of any size. Click here for more info. SHOW NOTES Articles Is Faith a Feeling ? Shane Rosenthal The Mormonization of American Christianity , Shane Rosenthal Why Should We Believe the Bible? , Shane Rosenthal Does Hebrews 11:1 Teach Blind Faith? , Shane Rosenthal Is My Dad Mentioned in Billy Joel’s “Piano Man”? , Shane Rosenthal Be a Berean! , Shane Rosenthal On Faith & Doubt , Shane Rosenthal How to Detect…

People in this episode

Host: Shane Rosenthal

Guest: Craig Parton

Topics covered

  • faith
  • Christianity
  • religion
  • subjective experience
  • Bible
  • spirituality

Keywords

  • faith
  • feeling
  • Christianity
  • Bible
  • religion
  • spirituality
  • intuition

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Religion on Trial

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