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First Corinthians 13:11: “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” In the context of … Continue reading →

As we have worked through the book The God Who Hears*, it has been a pretty thorough examination of all aspects of prayer and ideas related to prayer. However, the book has yet to focus directly on the personage of … Continue reading →

Doubt. As Christians, we don’t want to admit that we ever have it. We believe in the Bible and we declare it is a book of truth and honesty. Yet there are examples of people who have doubt within the … Continue reading →

Fasting… I am not well-acquainted with this topic but in W. Bingham Hunter’s chapter on “Persisting” he covers the subject of fasting. Today, we hear of people fasting for various reasons, weight loss, cleansing of toxins from the body and … Continue reading →

Persistence: “firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.” If readers would excuse me, I would like to make a cultural judgement. Persistence is not a very popular activity today. We live in … Continue reading →

“One of the profound tragedies of modern Christianity is that so many believers know almost nothing about the saints of God in other denominations and communions or in ages other than their own.” Why should we concern ourselves with how … Continue reading →

Do we have enough faith in our faith? That sounds like a strange question but it not so strange when the result of our prayer is a no from God. When the answer is no, we start asking “what is … Continue reading →

Well, I have my needs. [Don’t we all?] I think I am going to take them to God in prayer. I make my supplications and sit back and relax.   I know God is going to take care of my concerns… … Continue reading →

Banking on faith… Let’s be realistic about how many of us think about our faith in God. W. Bingham Hunter* states that “growing numbers of Christians have been led to believe that faith is something they must generate themselves (almost … Continue reading →

How do you define faith? As Christians, we purport that we have it, but what is it that we have? In Christian circles, I have always heard faith referred to in a subjective way. It is a personal relationship we … Continue reading →