John Stott: “The two major spheres of uncertainty in which human beings live from day to day: the **unknown future** and the **unseen present**. We (try to) find our security in the present, not in the future. And we find our security in the seen and not in the unseen.” - Empiricism = anything unseen is unbelievable. John Stott: “The function of faith is to apprehend both the unseen present and the unrealized future.“ John Stott: "Faith is the assurance that the future we anticipate will take place and that the present we cannot see is nonetheless real." John Stott: “Faith is being sure that the future we look for will undoubtedly come and the present we cannot see is nevertheless real.” John Stott: “Faith is a reasoning trust.” "Faith" by John Stott. Series: These Three Remain. 1 August 2004. [All Souls, Langham Place : E057 These Three Remain](https://www.allsouls.org/Groups/139699/E057_These_Three_Remain.aspx?show_media=51725&show_file=53912)