understanding, conviction, commitment-by tim keller-3 central themes of “killing justice” (incl. my mash-up with a denis johnson quote)

“Faith begins with understanding, which leads to conviction, and completes itself in commitment.” Tim Keller
“Write naked. Write in exile. Write in blood.” Denis Johnson
“Faith begins with understanding we’re naked. Faith then leads us to the conviction that we’re in exile. Finally, faith completes itself in a commitment to the reality that the only road back to the garden is a bloody one.”
(image: “The Agony in the Garden” by El Greco, painted in 1590.)