a view of a castle on top of a hill

bible

2 corinthians on Faithlessness

Search by topic, scripture, category etc..

Or browse by a list of topics or scripture references

102 Results in 904ms

Display

Images Meta Data

Sorted By

illustration

The Martyr's Mindset: Ignatius of Antioch and Death as Worship
Author

Ryan Bundrick
Keywords
Scripture

Matthew 16:25, Romans 8:17-18, Philippians 1:21, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Psalm 116:115, Daniel 3:, Daniel 6:
How many modern Christians consider dying to be the worst thing that can happen to them? We pray for safety, healing, and protection, and rightly so. However, do we live in the truth that death has tr...
liturgy

God of grace and truth—Father, Son, and
Author

Richard Herman
Keywords
Scripture

Matthew 5:14-16, Ephesians 4:15, Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 46:1, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, John 14:27, Psalm 145:8
God of grace and truth—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Thank You. Thank You for being there even when we don’t feel it. Thank You for keeping Your eyes on us, even when we lose sight of You. Thank You f...
Quote
Author

Martin Luther
Keywords
- Control
- Faith
Scripture

Matthew 17:20, Psalm 34:8, Isaiah 26:3-4, Jeremiah 17:7-8, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Romans 8:24-25, Proverbs 3:5-6
Faith is a free surrender and a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.
Quote
Author

Darth Vader
Keywords
- Faith
- Lack of Faith
Scripture

1 Peter 1:8-9, Ephesians 2:8, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Romans 10:17, Mark 9:23, Matthew 17:20, James 1:6
I find your lack of faith—disturbing.
Quote
Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Keywords
- Science and Religion
- Faith
Scripture

James 1:5-6, 2 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Corinthians 2:5, Romans 10:17, Proverbs 3:5-6, John 20:29, Hebrews 11:1
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
Quote
Author

Toby Mckeehan
Keywords
Scripture

Romans 8:28, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Jeremiah 17:7, Psalm 56:3-4, Philippians 4:6-7, Isaiah 41:10
Faith isn’t a feeling; it’s a choice to trust God even when the road ahead seems uncertain.
Quote
Author

A. W. Tozer
Keywords
Scripture

Colossians 3:2, Isaiah 26:3, Hebrews 12:1-3, Psalm 16:8, Hebrews 11:1, 2 Corinthians 5:7
Faith is a redirecting of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus.
Quote
Author

A. W. Tozer
Keywords
- Faith
- Trust in God
Scripture

Philippians 4:6-7, Isaiah 26:3-4, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Matthew 6:33, Psalm 37:5
The man of pseudo faith will fight for his verbal creed but refuse flatly to allow himself to get into a predicament where his future must depend upon that creed being true. He always provides himself...
Quote
Author

V. Raymond Edman
Keywords
- Faith
Scripture

Romans 8:28, Psalm 46:1-2, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Matthew 17:20, James 1:6
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 hea...
Quote
Author

Michael Gerson
Keywords
- Faith
Scripture

John 20:29, Romans 8:24-25, Proverbs 3:5-6, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Hebrews 11:1
Faith, thankfully, does not preclude doubt. It consists of staking your life on the rumor of grace.
Quote
Author

Alister E. McGrath
Keywords
- Science and Religion
- Faith
Scripture

1 Peter 1:8-9, Philippians 3:20, 1 Corinthians 2:9, John 20:29, 2 Corinthians 5:7
Faith is not something that goes against the evidence, it goes beyond it. The evidence is saying to us, 'There is another country. There is something beyond mere reason'.
Quote
Author

Abraham J. Heschel
Keywords
Scripture

Isaiah 43:2, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Romans 5:3-5, James 1:2-4, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Job 23:10
Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken because it is the result of having been shaken.
Quote
Author

Nancy Ortberg
Keywords
- Faith
Scripture

Isaiah 43:2, Hebrews 12:11, Psalm 46:1, 2 Timothy 1:7-8, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Romans 5:3-5, 1 Peter 1:6-7
Someone once said that faith is not a personal possession until you have suffered. That person understood that the very nature of faith requires the grit and courage to be in the dark so you can event...
Quote
Author

A. W. Tozer
Keywords
Scripture

1 Timothy 1:17, 1 Peter 1:8-9, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Colossians 1:16, Romans 8:24-25, John 20:29
Faith is seeing the invisible, but not the nonexistent.
Quote
Author

A. W. Tozer
Keywords
Scripture

Psalm 37:5, Jeremiah 17:7, 2 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Hebrews 11:6
The man of pseudo-faith will fight for his verbal creed but refuse flatly to allow himself to get in a predicament where his future must depend upon that creed being true. He always provides himself w...
Quote
Author

George Muller
Keywords
- Faith
- The Impossible
Scripture

Luke 1:37, Jeremiah 32:27, Mark 11:23-24, Romans 4:20-21, Ephesians 3:20-21, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Hebrews 11:1
Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith begins where man’s power ends.
liturgy

Trusting in God's Faithful Strength
Author

Laura B. Murray
Keywords
Scripture

Matthew 25:, Philippians 4:6-7, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, 1 Peter 5:7, Psalm 55:22, Proverbs 3:5-6 , Exodus 14:13-14
Faithful God, we confess that we try to carry more than you ask and work hard to have our way. Help us to see and believe your goodness. Help us to lean into you and to trust that your strength will h...
Quote
Author

Luke Norsworthy
Keywords
- Faith
- Religion
Scripture

1 Peter 2:2, Colossians 2:6-7, Philippians 3:12-14, Ephesians 4:15, Galatians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 3:17, Romans 12:2
For some, faith begins with a hard shell, a rigid set of answers and platitudes that keep them safe but eventually prevent them from growing into who they could be. The system that was initially prote...
liturgy

Faith in God's Graciousness
Author

Laura B. Murray
Keywords
Scripture

Lamentations 3:22-23, Exodus 16:4-5, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Psalm 23:1-4 , Matthew 6:31-34 , Isaiah 40:29-31 , Mark 9:23-24
Almighty God, we have failed to trust you. Overwhelmed by the pains of life, we have taken charge and pushed you aside. O God, be gracious to us. Remind us of your daily mercies and redemptive power t...
illustration

The Faithfulness of a Few
Author

The Pastor's Workshop
Keywords
Scripture

Proverbs 28:20, Revelation 2:10, Matthew 5:10-12, Matthew 10:22, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, 1 Peter 4:12-14, Romans 8:35-37, John 15:18-20, Psalm 31:23, Matthew 25:21, 1 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Timothy 6:12, Matthew 24:45-46
Pliny, a Roman Governor serving around 112 AD, faced a challenging situation regarding Christianity. Many Church historians believe that by his time, it had become illegal to profess the Christian fai...
Quote
Author

Flannery O'Connor
Keywords
Scripture

Psalm 46:10, John 20:29, Psalm 23:4, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 50:10, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Hebrews 11:1
People...think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross...You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don’t expect faith to clea...
Quote
Author

Stanley Baldwin
Keywords
- Faith
Scripture

Mark 11:22-24, Ephesians 2:8-9, Isaiah 26:3-4, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 56:3-4, Romans 1:17, 2 Corinthians 5:7
I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.
Quote
Author

John Ortberg
Keywords
- Faith
Scripture

Matthew 14:31, John 20:29, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Proverbs 3:5-6, Mark 9:24, James 1:5-6
We live in an age when belief comes hard because we’re much more afraid of being gullible (believing something that’s not true) than we are of being skeptical (not believing something that is true). W...
illustration

The Devils Logic [Part 2 of 2]
Author

Jared C. Wilson
Keywords
Scripture

Hebrews 3:13, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Proverbs 7:21-23, James 1:14-15, Genesis 3:6
If I were making a list of benefits like the one Mike McKinley imagines, only this time using the devil’s actual logic, it might look more like this: Experience the excitement of new romance. Get th...
Quote
Author

Curt Thompson
Keywords
Scripture

2 Corinthians 5:7, Psalm 37:5, Romans 15:13, Jeremiah 17:7-8, Hebrews 11:1
We are invariably made for faith, to operate out of a need to trust something we cannot control.
Quote
Author

Elie Wiesel
Keywords
Scripture

2 Corinthians 4:8-10, Isaiah 61:1, Psalm 143:3, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Romans 5:3-5
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.
Quote
Author

C. S. Lewis
Keywords
Scripture

James 4:7-8, 1 John 1:9, Ephesians 2:8-9, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Luke 5:32, Isaiah 1:18, Romans 5:8
We don’t come to Him as bad people trying to become good people; we come as rebels to lay down our arms.
illustration

Existential Brokenheartedness
Author

Austin Fischer
Keywords
Scripture

1 Peter 1:6-7, Habakkuk 1:2-3, John 16:33, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Isaiah 53:3, Psalm 22:1, Romans 8:18
In this short excerpt, pastor and author Austin Fischer describes a surprising dynamic that sometimes occurs in the life of a Christian: believing so strongly in a loving God that one cannot fathom th...
illustration

Circumstances or God’s Faithfulness
Author

C. J. Mahaney
Keywords
Scripture

Lamentations 3:22-23, Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 28:7, Isaiah 26:3-4, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Romans 8:28
On a daily basis we’re faced with two simple choices. We can either listen to ourselves and our constantly changing feelings about our circumstances, or we can talk to ourselves about the unchanging t...
Quote
Author

Blaise Pascal
Keywords
- Doubt
- Faith
Scripture

Isaiah 42:16, Psalm 27:1, 2 Corinthians 4:6, John 8:12, Hebrews 11:1, 1 John 1:7, John 12:46
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

Page 1 of 4

Bible by Topic

Bible by Reference

Psalm

Proverbs

Prov 3 (11)

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Jer 17 (4)

Lamentations

Lam 3 (4)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Luke 15 (5)

John

Romans

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Timothy

1 Tim 6 (4)

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

1 John

1 John 1 (7)