“Why do so many people struggle with a lack of faith?”……The Apostle Paul exhorts Christians to "walk by faith and not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7). What we see here is a contrast between truth and perception-what we know and believe to be true and what we perceive to be true. This is where the […]
Power in the Ark 1 Samuel 5:3“But when the citizens of Ashdod went to see it the next morning, Dagon had fallen with his face to the ground in front of the Ark of the LORD! So they took Dagon and put him in his place again.“ The Philistines had captured the Ark of the […]
What is faith ? Hebrews 11:1Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Perhaps no other component of the Christian life is more important than faith. We cannot purchase it, sell it or give it to our friends. So what is faith […]
The Wheelbarrow of Trust Isaiah 12:2…"Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid;…For the Lord God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation."…… Most of us struggle to "be anxious for nothing," but we can learn to rely on God if we know the difference between faith […]
Gen.15:6 believed. This is the first mention of "belief" or "faith" in the Bible, as well as the first mention of "counted" or "imputed." In Noah's case, "grace" preceded imputed righteousness (Genesis 6:9├ö├ç├┤"just" means "righteous"); in Abraham's case, it was "faith." Both are essential for righteousness that satisfies God (Ephesians 2:8-10); one stresses the divine […]
The Paradox of Faith by Henry Morris III, D.Min. * And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough,…and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. (Luke 9:62) Hebrews 11:1 records the Bible's precise definition of faith: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence […]
“What is the definition of faith?”…Thankfully, the Bible contains a clear definition of faith in Hebrews 11:1"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."…Simply put, the biblical definition of faith is "trusting in something you cannot explicitly prove."…This definition of faith contains two aspects: to intellectually concur and […]