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Christianity is a progressive faith. From the creation narrative recorded in the book of Genesis to the consummation of all things that are witnessed in Revelation, there is gradual unfolding of knowledge, truth, experiences, and events

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Christianity is propositional and evidence-based faith. There are some propositions that must be embraced and some experiences that must be encountered.

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Do you have a God-given dream that has not yet happened? If so, let me encourage you to hang onto your dream. Be faithful to God and His instructions. Don't be discouraged by how much time has gone by. Don't be discouraged that you (in the natural) are not the most qualified. If God gave the dream, though it tarries, wait—for it shall surely come to pass.

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There was a young man who was mistreated by his older brothers. They hated him and never spoke a peaceful word to him. Because the brothers envied him and were jealous of him, they made a plan to kill him by putting him into a pit to die. Later some men came along and the brothers sold him to the men to do with him as they pleased.

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The idea of God being a writer is evident throughout the prophetical literature. King Belshazzar experienced a Divine sentenced written upon the wall (Dan. 5). The apostolic writer refers to the saints as "living epistles."

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Faith is our contractual relationship with God. It is propositional since it is based upon our acceptance of absolute truths. The character of faith is dependent upon the integrity of the knowledge and information that is heard and believed.

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Paul presents the idea of equity or a return on earthly investment in the Philippian epistle (4:17). Hebrews 13 is a cascade of witnesses who invested their lives with a more glorious return in mind.

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Our fundamental challenge as believers is conceptual. Our interpretation or misinterpretation of historic principles, experiences and even people influence the nature and dimension of our faith. Since faith comes by hearing, then the quality of our faith depends upon the integrity of the gospel that we hear and believe.

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Where are we going? What are we doing? How are we to get there? And is there a Divine agenda? These are critical questions considering the "sea" of information, ideas, objectives, values, and practices available to our contemporary redeemed communities.

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The subtlety of any anti-Christian sentiment is to raise suspicion and even an intellectual skepticism regarding the reality of spiritual things. When doubt masquerades as intelligence, then ignorance is called knowledge, fear is believed to be courage, and foolishness and presumption are thought to be faith. The consequence of such thinking is rebellion.