God grants His ordinary disciples the privilege of being involved in His work. It’s not fame but faithfulness that God calls us to. Even a small, unknown person can be used by God in magnificent ways.
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Acts 8: Counterfeit Gospels
No one asks for persecution. But God in His wisdom has made it so that when anyone persecutes His Church, it is like taking seed and scattering it so that it goes everywhere.
Read MoreThe 52 Greatest Stories of the Bible (Story #45): A Man Named Saul
How is it that one of early Christianity’s most ardent enemies would become one of its most significant evangelists?
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Ken Boa teaches on the story of a pagan widow named Ruth, who followed her mother-in-law back to her homeland and, through God’s providential plan, wound up in the bloodline of the Messiah.
Read MoreFaith and Obedience
This article borrows heavily from Walter Henrichsen’s A Layman’s Guide to Applying the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1978).
Of these four, the one most heavily emphasized in Scripture is application.
The Bible consistently emphasizes faith as a commitment to what God says—and acting on it. Those mentioned in Hebrews 11, often called the “Faith Hall of Fame” in Scripture, illustrate this definition of faith.
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