Tag: Hebrews
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Hebrews 11:20-22 – Faith in the Family
John Stormer, in his book on raising children, describes the line of one family that sought to teach the Scripture faithfully in their home. He noted numbers of individuals in…
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Hebrews 11:17-19 – Trial of Faith
There have been some dark and difficult times in my life. They were times that seemed overly oppressive and wearisome. And yet it was in this times God expanded my…
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Hebrews 11:13-16 – The Faith-Filled Journey
Donald Barnhouse, the well-known pastor from the early 20th century once spoke of a refugee from Hitler’s Germany. The man had heard so much of America and so was settled…
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Hebrews 11:8-12 – Abraham and Sarah: The Faithful Pair
God’s promises call for our trust and obedience, whether they relate to the eternal or temporal. For believing His Word results in His blessing, even if we don’t see it…
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Hebrews 11:7 – Noah: A Man for His Times
There have been people throughout history who have made a name for themselves because they refused to cave into the pressures of their generation and stood above it. By their…
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Hebrews 11:4-6 – The Necessity of Faith Found in Abel and Enoch
In this passage we come to the first two real life examples of faith found in the Scripture. We see in the lives of Abel and Enoch that the reality…
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Hebrews 11:3 – The Primary Example of Faith: Creation (Part 2)
Let me begin with a quick review of the material we covered last week. The key idea of the verse is that God has given us as the primary example…
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Hebrews 11:3 – The Primary Example of Faith: Creation
“Jump, Jump. We’ll catch you,” the firemen call from the street to the man on the second story. Smoke and flames shoot up past the man and he can’t see…
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Hebrews 11:1-2 – The Introduction to Faith (or Faith 101)
A woman, who receives a diamond ring, is a picture of faith. She has (if the man is a real man who keeps his word) an assurance of things hoped…
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Hebrews 10:26-39 – Rebuke, Reminder, Reward (part 2)
As we look into these last two sections of this passage we remember that the painful rebuke the author gives his readers was to cause them to see what a…