I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20b, ESV, emphasis added). The primary Greek word in the New Testament for faith is “pistis” or “pistos,” both used about 300 times from Matthew to the Book of Revelation. So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three;
The Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” (Luke 17:5, ESV). I’ve asked God to “increase my faith” many times, and God always answers, often in unexpected ways. We find two words in New Testament Greek used for “increasing.” These words, used 41 times in the New Testament, can be translated the same. “Increase
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The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you (Luke 17:5-6, ESV). The apostles asked Jesus to increase their faith. Let’s ask Jesus today, “God, increase
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Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you (1 Thessalonians 5:18, ESV). January 3oth is my birthday! An important day — for me, at least. It’s very snowy (a level three emergency) and I’m stuck at home as I write this blog a few days before
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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him (Hebrews 11:6, ESV). Hebrews 11:6 states it’s impossible to please God without faith. I want to please God, and it’s not my great deeds or good looks that
For we walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7, ESV). We say the Christian faith. It’s not the Christian sight. What’s the difference? It means that we don’t have to depend on what we can see but on what we can’t see — God — for our salvation, for growing in Christ, and for
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We find the perfect example of faith economics in Acts 4: Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common (Acts 4:32, ESV). The economics of the church start with faith,
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Genesis 1:26a, ESV). In any viewpoint, there are weaknesses, and some of those viewpoints are insurmountable. With atheism or agnosticism, the question — How can we think? — ruins disbelief in God. It’s insurmountable. Can a stone (or any other combination of molecules), after billions
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What? We’ve been taught since Galileo that the roots of science contain direct observation and evidence. In grade school, we learned the Scientific Method as a process of objectively establishing fact through testing and experimentation. Well, most learned such things while my colleagues and I majored in “playground.” Science teaches sight first, then believing. But
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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1, ESV). Talking to a friend recently, discussing faith, I used this illustration. . . If you have one hundred dollars in your checking account and a bill of one hundred dollars to pay, you may not be rich, but