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  • Radical Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 24, 2011
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    RADICAL FAITH I want to read to you the opening story from David Platt's book "The Radical Question" (Multnomah Press). Imagine a scene that took place in Asia not so long ago: A room in an ordinary house, dimly lit, all the blinds on the windows closed. Twenty leaders from churches in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • A "Conquering" Faith

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 31, 2011
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    A "CONQUERING" FAITH The following story comes from Hank Hanegraaff's book, "The Last Disciple" (which refers to the Apostle John, the last one of the 12 to die). It is set within the historical context of first century Rome's persecution of the church. Leah is the sister of a young Christian ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Warfield's Faithfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
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    WARFIELD'S FAITHFULNESS There’s an old story about Dr. Benjamin Warfield. He was a theology professor at Princeton Seminary. While he was still at the height of his academic powers, his wife got sick. And she became an invalid. He took care of her for ten years. During that ten year period, he ...read more

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  • Faith Healing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2011
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    FAITH HEALING I’ve know people who questioned God’s love for them because God didn’t heal them. I’ve known others who questioned their own faith...they felt like if they’d just had more faith God would have healed them. In fact, I’ve known people who were TOLD by a faith-healer that the reason ...read more

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  • No Faith, No Power

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
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    NO FAITH, NO POWER When I was growing up in Oklahoma, there was a lake my family and I frequented a lot called Keystone Lake. Keystone was not a natural lake; prior to its creation in 1962, there were towns located there, one of which gives the lake its name. The town was to be flooded to make a ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Phobias Into Faith

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 5, 2011
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    PHOBIAS INTO FAITH As most of you have read in my past e mails I hate to camp. I hate the dark. I hate spiders and you show me a snake I am finished. But the Lord has used all these phobias for me to put my faith into practice. If we had everything we ever needed we wouldn’t need God. Left to ...read more

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  • Truman's Faithfulness

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 28, 2011
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    TRUMAN'S FAITHFULNESS A number of years ago, the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, MO made public 1,300 letters that the late President wrote to his wife, Bess, over the course of a half-century. Mr. Truman had a lifelong rule of writing to his wife every day they were apart. He followed ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • What Is Faith?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 27, 2011
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    WHAT IS FAITH? Three schoolboys were asked to write their definition of faith. One wrote: "Faith is TAKING hold of God." The second wrote: "Faith is HOLDING onto God." The third ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Faithful To The Finish

    Contributed by Efrain Perez on Oct 9, 2011
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    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

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Saving Faith

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 3, 2008
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    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

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • A Walk By Faith

    Contributed by Barry Edmondson on Aug 10, 2008
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    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

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Faith Is An Adventure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    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

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  • Sandbar Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    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

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  • No Faith = No Power

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 18, 2008
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    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

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Faith And Doubt

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    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

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  • Real Faith

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 6, 2009
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    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

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • No Faith, No Power

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    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

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  • Solong's Faith

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 4, 2009
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    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

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Faith And An Elevator

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011
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    FAITH AND AN ELEVATOR If I stand on the ground floor of a 27-floor building and press the button for an elevator, I am confident (I have faith) that the elevator will arrive. Indeed, it does, and the door opens. I am now presented with a vehicle that, I am confident (I have faith), will take ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Substance Of Faith

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Mar 1, 2012
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    THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH Example: Give some play-doh to 2 people and ask them to create something out of that "substance" In the millennia-old Aristotelian tradition, as well as early modern traditions that follow it, substances or ousia are treated as having attributes and modes or things. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist