The world is full of good people. They are generous with their resources. They help old ladies cross the streets safely. They pay their...

The evangel, the gospel, is good news. It is the news that Christ Jesus came into the world to save us sinners and restore our...

Power. Everyone wants it, and sometimes at any price. I heard the other morning that one candidate seeking the White House in this Fall's...

When I first went to Venezuela as a missionary, our team struggled with how we should refer to ourselves. To called ourselves "Baptist"...

Hebrews 11:39-12:12 Faith endures until the promise has been fully fulfilled. “39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of...

Hebrews 11:35-38 Faith can be expected to be responded AGAINST. “35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were...

Hebrews 11:32-34 Faith stretches us and others. “32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson,...

Hebrews 11:32-34 Faith places obedience over disappointment. “32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,...

Hebrews 11:32-34 Faith is always directed God-ward. “32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak,...

Hebrews 112:32-34 Faith applies to every aspect of life. “32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak,...

Hebrews 11:32-34 Faith is affected by character. “32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson,...

Hebrews 11:32-34 Faith is individual, but it is also shared. “32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,...

Faith overcomes fear. “32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and...

Hebrews 11:30, 31 Faith is obedience in the face of risk. “30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around...

Hebrews 11:29, 30 Faith is believing that “God will make a way where there seems to be no way.” “29 By faith the people passed through...

Hebrews 11:27, 28 Faith is seeing what no one else sees and betting your life, and the lives of others, on it. “27 By faith he left...

Hebrews 11:24-26 Faith is choosing to “march to a different drummer” even when that choice costs everything valued by others. “24 By...

Hebrews 11:23 Faith is believing that “it is only fear of God that has the spiritual power to overwhelm all the horizontal fears that can...

Hebrews 11:22 WHAT IS FAITH? Faith is believing that it is possible be “at home” spiritually in spite of where we might be physically....

Hebrews 11:20, 21 Faith is believing that even sinful acts and seeming “mistakes” can fulfill divine purposes. “20 By faith Isaac blessed...