Tag Archives: faith

Professional Christians

Posted on November 1, 2024 by jwfisch

When I first met my wife, Marti, she was not a professional Christian. She didn’t know one Bible translation from another, and it didn’t matter. She could open any Bible to any place and find something meaningful for herself and … Continue reading →

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Wait patiently

Posted on October 30, 2024 by jwfisch

This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. Habakkuk 2:3 Even so, come, … Continue reading →

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Birthday faith

Posted on May 17, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) I woke up to a myriad of birthday greetings and I appreciate every one. Marti wanted to know what I wanted for my birthday so I told her. I wanted … Continue reading →

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A pagan whore in the ancestry

Posted on March 18, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) There’s a pagan whore in the genealogy of Jesus and a very smart one at that. This was no accident. She was purposely worked into the stories of the lineage … Continue reading →

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Stairway to heaven?

Posted on March 11, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) According to James, your faith in Christ has to be evidenced in your attitudes, your treatment of others, and your overall actions or else you are fooling yourself with your … Continue reading →

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What does God want you to do?

Posted on November 12, 2021 by jwfisch

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. Hebrews 11:31 Listed with all those greats of the faith is a prostitute named Rahab. There were a number of strikes against … Continue reading →

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Faith is …

Posted on November 11, 2021 by jwfisch

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 Faith is:      A. Spiritual exertion      B. Mustered up feeling      C. A choice to believe      D. A strongly held … Continue reading →

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No Hall of Fame

Posted on May 10, 2021 by jwfisch

We are sore pressed at every point, but not hemmed in; we are at our wit’s end, but never at our hope’s end; we are persecuted by men, but never abandoned by God; we are knocked down, but not knocked … Continue reading →

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How to keep from being ineffective

Posted on April 19, 2021 by jwfisch

His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 2 Peter 1:3 This was part of our study last night in our online church and it’s … Continue reading →

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Rent-a-tomb

Posted on April 5, 2021 by jwfisch

There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. (Matthew 28:2) I’m unwilling to leave the Easter theme just yet. Think … Continue reading →

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