Contributed by Michael Gibney on Aug 8, 2002
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It is of the very essence of faith that we should believe what Jesus says is true! So often we have a kind of vague wistful longing that the promises of Jesus should be true. The only way to enter into them is to
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Contributed by Doug Lyon on Feb 17, 2008
Hebrews 11:4
Faith’s Hall of Fame: Abel
Introduction
Cooperstown, NY. Those of you who are baseball fans know that it is the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ten years ago, back in July of 1998, my son Joel and I visited Cooperstown. We had tickets to the Hall of Fame game at Doubleday Field.
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
The opposite of faith is mistrust and disbelief. In its more extreme form it is paranoia in which a deep and overwhelming fear is present.
The writer of our text speaks of 'confident assurance' and 'the evidence of things not seen.' We have faith in many such things, some of them abstract instead
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 15, 2003
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Gene Getz once said of God’s plan for Joseph that:
At age thirty, Joseph could never have handled this world-class task without
an intensive and experience oriented course in management. It began in
Potiphar’s house, where he managed all of his affairs. It continued in prison
where he was
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Contributed by W F on Jan 10, 2011
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THE FAITH OF CECIL B. DEMILLE
Cecil B DeMille, the famous Hollywood film director was responsible for a number of famous movies with Biblical themes such as:
The King of Kings
The Sign of the Cross
The Crusades
Samson and Delilah
The Ten Commandments
DeMille was once asked what his finest
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When people claim that Science and Faith are at odds often point out that back in the Middle Ages the Catholic Church refused to accept Galileo’s theory that the earth revolved around the sun. (rather than the other way around.) That is true --- but the Church did not reject this theory based on
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Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 24, 2025
My name? Oh, I’m Steady—because that’s what Abraham always called me.
I’m not fast, I’m not fancy—but I can walk a long way without complaining.
I’ve carried all kinds of things for my master: water, wood, even tents through the desert wind.
But one morning, he packed something different—firewood
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