Tag Archives: hope

Something Better

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Don Merritt

And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut … Continue reading →

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Good Friday Reflections

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Don Merritt

  This post may not be for the faint of heart: Consider yourselves warned! No, it doesn’t contain gratuitous descriptions of torture, violence or executions designed to illicit guilt, but it does contain a challenge! Why are so many Christians … Continue reading →

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“By faith Moses…”

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Don Merritt

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He regarded … Continue reading →

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Priority

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Don Merritt

By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your … Continue reading →

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By Faith

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Don Merritt

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say … Continue reading →

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Active Faith

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Don Merritt

Chapter 11 of Hebrews is a discourse on active faith; interesting when you consider that it comes right after the warnings of chapter 10 against losing our faith.  As I’ve continued with this blog over the past two plus years, … Continue reading →

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Warnings, part 3

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Don Merritt

But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved. Hebrews 10:39 We left off in the last post earlier today with the question: What is destruction?  Please … Continue reading →

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Warnings, part 2

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Don Merritt

Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who … Continue reading →

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Warnings, part 1

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Don Merritt

This is a difficult section to blog.  It isn’t made difficult by the subject, for the subject is actually rather simple, it’s the length that makes it hard to blog, in light of the fact that I realize that many … Continue reading →

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Unswerving Faith

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Don Merritt

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a … Continue reading →

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