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When Faith Conquers Fear

Fear is a God-given emotion that can warn us of danger and protect us from harm. But when fear becomes our master, it can paralyze us, steal our peace, weaken our faith, and prevent us from doing God’s will.

In Chapman University’s 2025 Survey of American Fears, people’s leading concerns included corrupt government officials, loved ones becoming seriously ill or dying, economic collapse, cyberterrorism, another world war, nuclear weapons, pollution, and government tracking of personal data. Continue reading →

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Sunday Seed Thoughts: What is Faith?

This is too good not to share. In studying for my sermon this morning I came across this quote by the 19th-century Scottish minister, Alexander Maclaren.

“Faith is the sight of the inward eye.”

It fits with my text in Hebrews 11:1.  “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Continue reading →

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Great Verses of the Bible: 1Corinthians 1:18


The famed Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, who died in 1950, made this request regarding his funeral and burial.

“My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative evolution. I desire that no public monument or work of art or inscription or sermon or ritual service commemorating me shall suggest that I accepted the tenets peculiar to any established church or denomination nor take the form of a cross or any other instrument of torture or symbol of blood sacrifice.”

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