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The Christian Graces — Saving Faith, Living Faith

The difference between saving faith and living faith might be described as the difference between the past tense and the present tense.  Saving faith is past tense, “I believed and so was saved or rescued

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The Christian Graces — Faith

Why do people call their physician when they are sick?  Because they are persuaded that the physician is the most qualified individual available for diagnosing and treating illness.  They may, and indeed

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The Christian Graces (Introduction)

And now these three remain:  Faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)   What are the Christian graces?  Paul consistently sums up all of the virtues of the

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The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible: The Interpretation and Acceptance of Its Authority (Part Five: Illumination)

The young man felt sure of a couple of things.  One, the Bible came from God’s revelation to His prophets.  Two, He made sure that though they were using their own thoughts and ways of communicating,

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The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible: The Source of Its Authority (Part Four: Inerrancy)

There were several passages that made it difficult for the young man to see anything but inerrancy as the Bible’s view of itself. In Matthew 5:18 Jesus proclaimed, “I tell you the truth, until heaven

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The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible: The Source of Its Authority (Part Three: Revelation)

The young man made a firm resolution.  He was going to see what the Bible taught about its own inspiration.  The place to start, he decided, was with the teaching of the Bible about how God revealed

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The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible: The Source of Its Authority (Part Two)

In his quest to understand the meaning of Bible inspiration, the young man felt confident that Dr. Beal could help him.  He was well respected in the evangelical community and was known for his consistent

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The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible: The Source of Its Authority (Part One)

A young man decided that his understanding of the Bible and inspiration was deficient.  He determined to come to some firm conclusions about it and have answers to some of the problems he had encountered. 

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Engaging the Thinker

Contained in these pages are my thoughts regarding Biblical topics, written in small portions for digestion and for application to daily living.  I would suggest using them like a daily devotional thought

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