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    Following Jesus Requires Real Commitment

    Author
    Bradley Long
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    Scripture
    Proverbs 3:5-8, Matthew 22:37, Romans 12:1-2, Luke 14:26-27, Deuteronomy 6:5, Luke 16:13, Mark 12:30, John 14:15, Matthew 16:24-26, Luke 9:59-62, Matthew 6:24, Hebrews 11:13-16, Hebrews 10:38-39, Matthew 6:33-34, Matthew 10:37-39
    What are you willing to do for love? An instructor for the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course shared with a class the major hang-up he had to get over before asking his wife to ma...

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    Author
    Gail R. O’Day
    Keywords
    Scripture
    John 20:19-31, Matthew 17:20, James 1:6, Mark 9:24, Hebrews 11:6
    At the heart of this story is Jesus’ generous offer of himself to Thomas... Thomas had established the conditions for his faith: He must be allowed to touch Jesus’ wounds…. Jesus does not censure Thom...

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    Three Things Deconstruction is Not

    Author
    Ian Harber
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    Scripture
    Jude 1:22, Mark 9:24, Hebrews 11:1, John 20:29, James 1:6, Romans 10:17
    What is "Deconstruction"? What is it Not? Many pastors I know have told me that one of their most pressing pastoral concerns right now is knowing how to minister to people who are decons...

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    Doubting Saved My Faith

    Author
    Travis Dickinson
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Psalm 34:4, Hebrews 11:1, John 20:27, Matthew 14:31, James 1:5-6, Mark 9:24
    Many Christians are terrified of doubting their faith. We avoid questions and challenges in favor of keeping things comfortable and familiar. We worry that if we open ourselves up to the possibility o...

  • Quote

    Author
    C. S. Lewis
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Matthew 6:33, Colossians 3:1-2, Mark 8:36, Philippians 3:20, 1 Timothy 6:7, Hebrews 11:10
    Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get neither.

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    11th Sunday after Pentecost

    Author
    Cody Sandahl
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Jeremiah 1:4-10, Hebrews 11:29-12:2, Jeremiah 1:4-10, Luke 13:10-17, Psalm 103:1-8, Isaiah 6:null, Acts 1:8, 1 Peter 4:10-12, Mark 16:15, Galatians 1:15, Ephesians 4:12
    Preaching Commentary Calling People often give me weird looks when I talk about being “called” by God. A pastor can be “called” to devote their working time to shepherding a church. A parent can be...

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    What Do You Believe Doc?

    Author
    D. Michael Lindsay
    Keywords
    Scripture
    1 Peter 1:8-9, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Mark 9:24, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:17, Hebrews 11:6
    In a quiet hospital room in North Carolina, an eager young doctor with a bright future evaluates his elderly patient with not much future left at all. She has a terminal heart condition, inoperable. A...

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    Shepherd Book
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    Scripture
    1 Peter 1:8-9, Mark 11:22-24, Galatians 2:20, Romans 10:17, 2 Corinthians 5:7, James 2:17, Hebrews 11:1
    Shepherd Book: “River, you don’t . . . fix the Bible. River: It’s broken. It doesn’t make sense. Shepherd Book: It’s not about . . . making sense. It’s about believing in something. And letting that b...

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    Losing Everything

    Author
    Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
    Keywords
    Scripture
    1 Corinthians 3:15, Philippians 3:5-11, Matthew 19:16-30, John 12:20-26, Mark 8:27-38, Hebrews 11:1, Jeremiah 29:11
    A ship went down in a storm, and only one man survived. He was fortunate enough to land on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. With just a few items in his pocket, he was able to build a small...

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    Embodying a Decision

    Author
    Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
    Keywords
    Scripture
    2 Corinthians 6:2, Matthew 4:19-20, Hebrews 11:8, Acts 2:37-38, Mark 10:50
    Billy Graham had a weekly radio show titled The Hour of Decision. Normally it was a tape recording of the service and message he’d given at a recent evangelistic rally. And at the conclusion of every ...

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    Belief, Explained

    Author
    James I. Packer
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Mark 12:30-31, James 1:22, James 2:14-17, 1 John 3:18, Hebrews 11:1, 2 Corinthians 5:17, John 1:12
    When people are asked what they believe in, they give, not merely different answers, but different sorts of answers. Someone might say, “I believe in UFOs”—that means, I think UFOs are real. “I believ...

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    The Rope

    Author
    C. S. Lewis
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Mark 9:14-24, Psalm 56:3-4, Proverbs 3:5-6, Hebrews 11:null, Philippians 1:21, Psalm 20:7, James 1:2-4
    You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong as long as you are merely using i...

  • Quote

    Author
    George Muller
    Keywords
    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.