“You’ve restored my faith in God”

In one of my favourite TV detectives series, a lady who’s been badly hurt by men in the past, is deeply impressed by the genuine kindness and respect shown to her by the Detective Chief Inspector. After watching him in action she begins to realize there really are men out there who have huge regard [...]

“I live by faith in the Son of God”

According to the New International Version of the Bible the quote above – “I live by faith in the Son of God” in Galatians 2:20 – could meanĀ it was Paul’s own faith that he lived by. But if it was his faith it conflicts with the sentence before, because Paul says, “I have been crucified [...]

Even the faith to believe is a gift

Christianity is all about belief and faith. Everything comes to us because of faith. “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,” John 3:36. Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” Galatians 3:6, and in Romans 4:3, “to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, [...]

Is it OUR faith that “justifies” us?

When Paul talks of us being “justified by faith,” Galatians 3:24, or that we’re “all sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ,” verse 26, WHOSE faith is it? Is it our faith? If it is, and it’s up to us, therefore, to come up with faith, isn’t that a bit scary? You mean our [...]

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