DovidBT,
For example, some prominent and well-regarded Torah-observant Jewish lecturers will talk about tradition, morality, etc., when making a point, but avoid saying “We do this because it’s a commandment from G-d.”
Doesn’t that represent a lack of emunah and bitachon?
I disagree completely. The fact that Orthodox Jews talk unabashedly about Hashem is part of what drew me towards Orthodoxy in the first place. When, however, a non-Orthodox Jew asks me why I keep my fridge light off on Shabbos, simply responding, “because Hashem told me to”, while true, would not actually answer the question. He’d immediately retort, “where in the Torah does it talk about refrigerators??”