“It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body” (I Corinthians 15:43,44).

“Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!” (Job 19:23,24).

“And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and He was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto Him” (Mark 1:13).

“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34).

“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11:3).

The word here for “foundations” is not the usual word for, say, a building foundation. Used rarely, a better translation of this word would be “purpose,” or “basis.” The fear expressed is not that the foundations of our faith might be undermined, but that we might lose our sense of purpose.