Month: October 2020
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The Strange Case of Rahab’s Faith
Last week we talked about the relationship between faith and the senses. We’ve tried to fashion a working definition of faith. Where does it come from? What can you do with it? You might even ask: Why are we spending so much time talking about it? Does it really matter? But the more we look…
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The Sensational Faith of Gideon
We’re still talking about faith, one of the weightier matters of the law. Today we move on to the story of Gideon and ask ourselves the question: Do we confirm our faith with our senses? Must our faith be underwritten with some kind of a physical or natural sign? The context for the story is…
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Faith and Doubt
The Book of Hebrews names a number of people as being of great faith. We are looking at their stories to see how they might educate and inform us as we live our lives of faith as well. The context for today’s discussion is the relationship between doubt and faith. Last week, we left Moses—one…
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Definitions of Faith
Don: We’re talking about faith in the context of the statement by Jesus that faith is one of the “weightier matters” of the law. Justice and mercy were the other two weighty matters. Last week we began to look at the faith of Moses by looking at the faith of his parents and asking ourselves…
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The Faith That Saved Moses
We’ve been talking about faith: What it is, how it can be used. Jesus called it one of the “weightier matters of the law.” Today we’re turning to the faith of Moses. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child;…