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  • Faith And Doubt  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 29, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 10,986 views

    Doubt sees the obstacles; Faith sees the way. Doubt sees the darkest night; Faith sees the day. Doubt dreads to take a step; Faith soars on high. Doubt ...read more

  • Who Will Be Faithful  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,448 views

    WHO WILL BE FAITHFUL A study once disclosed that if both Mom and Dad attend church regularly, 72 percent of their children remain faithful in attendance. If only Dad attends regularly, 55 percent remain faithful. If only Mom attends regularly, 15 percent remain faithful. If neither attend ...read more

  • Misplaced Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,439 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
     | 3,688 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

  • O For A Faith

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 12, 2010
     | 2,954 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

  • Childlike Faith

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 20, 2010
     | 4,405 views

    CHILDLIKE FAITH Perhaps it is the reason that I embraced Christianity so easily was that the Christian faith doesn’t demand intelligence. I have an above average intelligence level. Well, actually, although it was above average according to the IQ test I completed at School, it was more tilted ...read more

  • Not Success But Faithfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,906 views

    NOT SUCCESS BUT FAITHFULNESS Jordan was a man of unusual abilities and commitment. He had two Ph.D.s, one in agriculture and the other in Greek and Hebrew. He was so gifted he could have chosen to do anything he wanted. He chose to serve the poor. In the 1940s, he founded a farm in Americus, ...read more

  • Faith And Icebergs

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 26, 2010
     | 6,318 views

    FAITH AND ICEBERGS Sailors in the northern oceans have frequently observed icebergs traveling in one direction in spite of strong winds blowing in the opposite direction. The icebergs were moving against the winds, but how? The explanation is that the icebergs, with eight-ninths of their bulk ...read more

  • Faith And Promise

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 17, 2010
     | 6,207 views

    FAITH AND PROMISE When something is promised, you have not seen it happen yet, have you? If I promise my wife that I'm going to clean out the basement, there's no proof that you can see. There's only my word. That promise is the only evidence it will happen. And I may prove unreliable for one ...read more

  • Faith And Works  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Aug 26, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,711 views

    FAITH AND WORKS There was once a Scotsman who rowed people across a river. On one oar he had carved the word 'faith' and on the other oar he had carved the word 'works'. One day as he was rowing, one of the passengers noticed the carvings and asked him about them. The Scotsman did not reply but ...read more

  • Facts And Faith

    Contributed by Rolando Delgado on Sep 22, 2010
     | 2,314 views

    FACTS AND FAITH Un pastor estaba hablando a su congregación sobre la relación de los hechos y la fe. Y les decía: "Que ustedes estén sentados aquí delante de mi, es un hecho. Que yo estoy aquí detrás del púlpito hablándole, es un hecho. Que yo crea que alguien me este prestando atención, es ...read more

  • Lamed For Their Faith

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 2,767 views

    LAMED FOR THEIR FAITH Vance Havner: At the Nicene Council, an important church meeting in the 4th century A.D., of the 318 delegates attending, fewer than 12 had not lost an eye or lost a hand or ...read more

  • Living By Faith

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,898 views

    LIVING BY FAITH Faith is part of everyday living. e.g. When you are ill, you go to a doctor whose name you can’t pronounce. He gives you a prescription you cannot read. You take it to a pharmacist you have never seen. He gives you ...read more

  • Have Faith

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,848 views

    "HAVE FAITH" My husband, Ron, once taught a class of mentally impaired teenagers. Looking at his students’ capabilities rather than their limitations, Ron got them to play chess, restore furniture and repair electrical appliances. Most important, he taught them to ‘have faith’ that is to believe ...read more

  • Radical Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 24, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,018 views

    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

  • A "Conquering" Faith

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 31, 2011
     | 7,654 views

    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

  • Warfield's Faithfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,643 views

    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

  • Faith Healing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,464 views

    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

  • No Faith, No Power

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
     | 4,412 views

    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

  • Phobias Into Faith

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 5, 2011
     | 1,768 views

    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