“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue…” II Peter 1:5a “Wait. Faith isn’t enough?” I wondered how that could be as I re-read the verse in II Peter. Isn’t our faith what we base our whole Christian life on? Isn’t it what our hopes are built on? I questioned how we can “live by faith” (as it teaches in Romans 1:17) if faith isn’t enough. Placing faith in God, ourselves ...
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Jumping by Faith into the New Year
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 This past year felt like a bungie jump to nowhere. It was full of exhilarating, exasperating, exhausting and emotional ups and downs that seemed to leave many of us hanging just short of our desired destinations. I don’t know who said hindsight is 20/20, but seeing 2020 fading in my rearview mirror ...
Continue ReadingGalvanizing Ways to Walk in the Garden of Holiness
“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.” 1 Thessalonians 4:7 Holiness is an unpopular topic in our culture and churches today. In fact, it’s almost extinct. As self-proclaimed “Christians,” we have grown comfortable forgoing holy living to follow the convenient paths of our choices—doing our own things and walking our own ways. As a result, our lives are full of ...
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