Eyitemi Egwuenu · September 12, 2026 · 5 min
The phrase “blind faith” is one of the great misnomers of our age.
Faith, properly understood, is not blindness — it is sight sharpened by trust. It is not the absence of Reason but the courage to go where Reason alone cannot carry us.
Faith begins when the mind has done all it can — examined, weighed, reasoned — and then, finding the evidence sufficient, though incomplete, dares to trust The One who stands behind the evidence.
Abraham did not step out into the unknown in "blind faith" because he was anti-intellectual. He stepped out because he "reasoned" — yes, "reasoned" — that the God who promised was faithful (Hebrews 11:19).
Moses did not confront Pharaoh on a whim. He did so because he had "discerned" the voice of a rational, covenant-making God.
Faith is not a leap into darkness; it is a leap into light — the kind of light that sometimes dazzles reason, but never denies it.