Faith Like a Child?

Imagine interviewing more than a dozen 3rd to 6th graders. I did. The results were a bit surprising. Each child sat on a "hot seat" and answered five questions. The first four answers were easy: name, grade, number of siblings, and how many years they've gone to church. The fifth and final answer was a little tougher: talk about when it's hard for you to trust God. I was amazed at t...

Apr 15,2009, 2:22PM |

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Stopping America's Greatest Epidemic

By David Sanford

"My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered away from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God" (James 5:19-20, Message).

Apr 04,2009, 5:37PM |

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The Greatest Temptation: "Losing" Our Faith

By David Sanford

My father is an atheist, so I still remember having no idea what the Bible was, let alone that my first name appeared in it so many times. As a teenager, however, I started reading God's Word from cover to cover, and before college I had memorized nearly 100 pages of Scripture. I've read through the Bible dozens of times. And I've discovered that only four chapters don't talk about sin and tempta...

Mar 18,2009, 12:44AM |

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How Fast Is America Losing Faith?

By David Sanford

The most viewed and arguably the most controversial article published in The Christian Science Monitor this past week? An analysis of the massive economic tsunami waves hitting billions around the world? Instead, it's a deeply troubling must-read article on "The coming evangelical collapse" (http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0310/p09s01-coop.html).

Mar 16,2009, 9:18PM |

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Millions of Americans Have Lost the Faith: Could It Happen to You?

By David Sanford

One of the last verses penned by the aged apostle Paul contains five rather remarkable words. Paul begins by giving us an action-filled, emotive word picture: "I have fought the good fight." That's important. Most people fight the wrong fights. But what does Paul mean? So he gives us another action-filled, emotive word picture: "I have finished the race." That's also good. But what is Paul getting at?

Mar 10,2009, 1:48PM |

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Losing Everything

By David Sanford

Have you ever lost someone near or dear to you? I lost someone when I was eleven. My dad and mom and brother and two sisters and I were near Snoqualmie Pass, about fifty miles east of Seattle.

Mar 03,2009, 7:01PM |

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Jesus talked about no faith, little faith, faith, growing faith, more faith, much faith, which kind do you have right now?