The last time we had Bible study, we went through chapter 16 of Genesis and this evening we are going to go through chapter 17. But I am going to begin with something that will take us a little while to get into chapter 17. It has to do …
How many of you have ever bowled? played golf? played tennis? thrown a ball or swung a bat? kicked a ball? Though these activities are quite different, at least one skill is common to them all. One of the most valuable metaphors or …
We live in a world that is always changing. One day things are chaotic, the next day things seem peaceful. Sometimes people are cordial, saying nice things, and the next day, they are angry and hostile. Animosity and contentions arise …

(1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (2) For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. (3) By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. (4) By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. (5) By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. (6) But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (7) By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Hebrews 11, popularly called "the Faith Chapter," contains the recitation of the names and deeds of several men and women of faith from creation to the time of Israel's entering of the Promised Land. In it, the author—most likely …
"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46) Can anything be more paradoxical than professing Christians not following the words of the One they claim as their Savior? But such is the sad state of affairs in this Western civilization that, we are often told, was built upon a "Judeo-Christian ethic." The American Bible Society's 2025 "The State of the Bible" report found that only 36% of all American adults agreed that "the Bible is totally accurate in all the principles it presents," down from 43% in 2000. Yet, if the 36% strongly believed rather …
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