Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

Faith also determines one's action. Faith, we may say, is action, not mere talk. That a person has faith can be demonstrated to others and to self only by the fact that the person lives and acts as though the faith professed is really right and true. A claimed faith, which is not matched by a life in keeping with that faith, is not faith at all; it remains a claim and nothing more. This is the important fact about faith insisted on by Saint James in his New Testament letter, and also by Saint Paul when he speaks about the judgment of God according to works in Romans 2:6. - Henry Hamann, *On Being a Christian* p. 108