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What is Faith?

A brother posted greetings this morning and writes, “Please help to answer the following question: What is faith?” What a powerful question that involves so many things! Faith is a word that we use almost every day, but perhaps we use it in so many settings that it can lose a little of its impact….

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Does God Predestine Our Choices?

One of the most difficult concepts in Scripture is introduced and developed in the beginning verses of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.  Understanding the word “predestine” creates a challenge. The passage (Ephesians 1: 4-12 NIV) tells us that God chose us from before the creation of the world, and that He predestined (προορίσας, PRO-OR-IH-SAS) us…