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  • Faithful To The Finish  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,949 views

    FAITHFUL TO THE FINISH In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Derek Redmond of Great Britain was considered a favorite contender for a medal. It was the evening of August 3, 1992 as Redmond was pitted against seven others in a semi-final in the 400 meters. Redmond knelt poised, waiting for the race to ...read more

  • Where's The Faith?  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 27,180 views

    Blow the trump and ring the bell; Dress it up and make it sell; Fill it with the rich and well; And count the heads. We’re doing well! But where’s the faith? Read the creed and get it right; Hold it fast with all your might; Close the door and bolt it tight; We’ve no need for further light! ...read more

  • God's Faithfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Apr 12, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,423 views

    God’s Faithfulness: He never falls asleep on watch. I served in the US Army during Vietnam. I have to admit that even in the midst of a war zone, when it was my turn to stand guard duty there were times when my eyes were so heavy I was tempted to take a quick nap. God is not like ...read more

  • What Is Faith?  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 1, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,112 views

    What Is Faith? FAITH is dead to doubts— dumb to discouragements, blind to impossibilities, knows nothing but success. FAITH lifts its hand up through the threatening clouds, lays hold of Him who has all power in heaven and on earth. FAITH makes the uplook ...read more

  • Faith In Action  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Feb 1, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,339 views

    FAITH IN ACTION ‘You see things as they are, and ask ”why?” But I dream things that never were, and ...read more

  • Misplaced Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,241 views

    Misplaced Faith Philip Yancey, in his book Disappointment With God, writes: Even back then I was searching for hard evidence of God as an alternative to faith. And one day I found it—on television, of all places. While randomly flipping a dial, I came across a mass healing service being conducted ...read more

  • Saving Faith

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 3, 2008
     | 3,542 views

    Saving Faith It is the personal surrender of one’s will to God’s will. Without the element of submission there is no real faith. There is no trust without obedience. Obedience is the inevitable outcome ...read more

  • A Walk By Faith

    Contributed by Barry Edmondson on Aug 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,620 views

    A WALK BY FAITH I have a friend in Alaska. Some years ago he was a rising executive in a large, influential business. Then God spoke to him to quit his job and go to full-time Bible college. He did so, with no guarantees and no looking back. After he finished Bible college, to the amazement of ...read more

  • Faith Is An Adventure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,189 views

    FAITH IS AN ADVENTURE Some people feel as if living by faith is foolish. The truth is, it is a marvelous adventure. I was telling someone the other day about a Godly lady who was a member of a church I once served. This ladies husband had died leaving her with four small children. This happened ...read more

  • Sandbar Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 3,646 views

    SANDBAR FAITH Have you ever stepped on ground that seemed unsteady, but you really had to go on, just to get where you were going? Just recently we took a trip up to the (northern part of South Korea) Hwacho'n area and then down to the Chuncho'n areas. We stopped at a nice restaurant where they ...read more

  • No Faith = No Power

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 18, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,957 views

    No Faith = No Power One night at dinner a man, who had spent many summers in Maine, fascinated his companions by telling of his experiences in a little town named Flagstaff. The town was to be flooded, as part of a large lake for which a dam was being built. In the months before it was to be ...read more

  • Faith And Doubt

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,777 views

    FAITH AND DOUBT Elie Wiesel, when asked to describe his faith, uses the adjective "wounded." "My tradition teaches that no heart is as whole as a broken heart, and I would say that no faith is as solid as a wounded faith." Another honest believer writes: "It's not as a child that I believe and ...read more

  • Real Faith

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 6, 2009
     | 4,742 views

    REAL FAITH The classic test an atheist will give to prove there is no God is this: "If there is a God, let him kill me right now". When nothing happens, they will confidently claim, "See there is no God, for I am still alive and well." Now if we were to ask the atheist, "What if someone came up to ...read more

  • No Faith, No Power

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 4,569 views

    NO FAITH, NO POWER One night at dinner a man, who had spent many summers in Maine, fascinated his companions by telling of his experiences in a little town named Flagstaff. The town was to be flooded as part of a large lake for which a dam was being built. In the months before it was to be ...read more

  • Solong's Faith

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 4, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,200 views

    SOLONG'S FAITH I gave blood on Friday. A lovely woman named Solong sampled my blood to insure that I had enough iron. We struck up a conversation, and it turns out she is a Christian. She told me that in 2006 she felt God calling her to go back to school. She didn't have enough money to go, but ...read more

  • The Faith Of Thomas

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Apr 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,152 views

    THE FAITH OF THOMAS What if you told your son, "I put 100 dollars in the bank for you." And he said, "Are you sure? I want to see the deposit slip." You say, "Son, you've got to believe me!" The boy answers, "Well, maybe I can just withdraw it look at it and put it back. Dad, can you give me ...read more

  • Tournier On Faithfulness

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Apr 19, 2009
     | 2,352 views

    TOURNIER ON FAITHFULNESS Faithfulness means that we admit our sin whenever we are tempted to depend upon something other than God. In this admission, the first step toward authentic repentance, something marvelous takes place. As Swiss psychologist Paul Tournier once shared, "The sense of guilt is ...read more

  • Trapeze Faith

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
     | 4,217 views

    TRAPEZE FAITH Church growth writer Dr. Win Arn told of an experience he had: "’Jump . . . go ahead . . . jump!’ The words flew upward from boys and girls some sixty feet below. High above, I clutched the bar of a trapeze swinging back and forth in great arcs. At the apex of each swing, an ...read more

  • Holman On Faith

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,047 views

    HOLMAN ON FAITH Holman defines FAITH: Trusting commitment of one person to another, particularly of a person to God. Faith is the central concept of Christianity. One may be called a Christian only if one has faith. Holman adds: Our English word "faith" comes from the Latin fides, as developed ...read more

  • O For A Faith

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 12, 2010
     | 2,852 views

    O For a Faith O for a faith that will not shrink, ‘Tho pressed by every foe, That will not tremble on the brink Of any earthly woe! That will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chastening rod, But, in the hour of grief or pain, Will lean upon its God; A faith that shines more bright and ...read more

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