Faith (498)
  1. Faith is a gift from God. It’s not flashy or boast-worthy. It’s total dependency on the God who saves utter fools.
  2. Luke 18:1-14: The Parable of the Persistent Widow Get what you want from God by pestering Him until He gives in! Actually . . . NO. Knowing the nature and character of God gives us boldness to approach Him.
  3. We live in the strength of our baptism again and again and again, returning to it every day according to God's promise. 
  4. The following is an excerpt from “A Year of Grace: Collected Sermons of Advent through Pentecost” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2019).
  5. What then does this sequence of stories teach us? It teaches us a pertinent lesson about the Christian life.
  6. Should we really be surprised that it would happen this way, that the servant would suffer for our salvation and die for our forgiveness?
  7. God does not combat the impending armies of Satan with might and power, but with the weakness of a babe.
  8. I can only disbelieve you or believe you. If I disbelieve you, I go on being a miserable bore.
  9. We are still so much closer to Peter in our flaws than his virtues, and Christ is still our rescue.
  10. Could it be that the root of not asking is not believing, either in the power, or worse, the graciousness of the Lord to address the issue that lies before us?
  11. When Jesus spoke about mustard-seed-sized-faith that moved mountains, He wasn't making a quantitative statement as much as a qualitative one.
  12. The question is this: Is it possible to truly believe God will give us a desirable answer to our prayers, and at the same time be OK if He doesn't?
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