faith under fire
Belief through adversity
Faith under fire is religious belief or deep conviction tested by hardship, danger, or intense pressure.
The phrase suggests someone maintaining their beliefs despite circumstances that might cause others to abandon them: Her faith under fire during the illness inspired everyone around her.
The military connotation of "under fire" emphasizes that the testing is active and threatening, not merely challenging.
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- testedExamined for quality
- courageFortitude facing danger
unwavering · flames · crucible · steadfast · martyrdom · endurance · belief · conviction · adversity · trust · suffering · battlefield · tribulation · dark night · devotion · fortitude · burning · burning bush
- chaplainschaplains, military chaplain, army chaplain, chaplaincy, combat chaplain
faith under fireapostasy
Renunciation of former beliefs
renunciation · disillusionment · capitulation · falling away · defection
faith, fire, faithful, faithfully, faithfulness, faithless, faithlessness, unfaithful, unfaithfully