Faith (453)
  1. As one of the last episodes in our latest series about the great ideas of the Reformation, we talk about the relationship between faith and reason.
  2. When we are unsure of who God is, it’s to Christ that He tells us to look.
  3. The power and the purpose of the Reformation was to bring the full force of the Law and the Gospel to the ears of sinners.
  4. Samson knew what he wanted when he saw it, and most of the time, living by sight, he walked like a blind man straight into an ambush.
  5. The Christian who understands Gospel-based love recognizes the false promises and rewards of the Playboy Mansion.
  6. By focusing intently on what one wants to avoid, we often crash right into the moral hazard we are trying to evade.
  7. I spend a lot of time talking to people in coffee shops. Some share my Christian faith, some are exploring and questioning faith and others have left the church, having had a crisis of faith.
  8. We focus on what we have, what we don't have, and how and when God is going to give us what we need. This the opposite of faith.
  9. However, right before I affirmed her proposal, it dawned on me, “Isn’t every worship service and Bible study for those struggling with faith, life, and fear?!”
  10. The love of God in Jesus is our confidence when the world seems to teeter on the brink of self-destruction.
  11. Not afraid, Jesus decided to take a different mode of transportation across the rough waters—his feet.
  12. A confessing church is a church more worried about souls than appearances, family lines, or institutional bottom-lines.
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