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Subscribe to this bloggerDavid Sanford is a pastor, public speaker, educator, and award-winning literary agent, editor, and author. His newest book is If God Disappears: 9 Faith Wreckers and What to Do About Them (Tyndale).
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Faith Like a Child?
April 15th, 200902:22 PM ETImagine 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 ... -
God's Answer for Those Who Mourn, Grieve, and Despair
April 06th, 200901:02 AM ETOne of the most beautiful passages in the Hebrew Scriptures, Isaiah 61:2-3, says that the Lord will comfort those who mourn and provide solace for those who grieve -- bestowing on them "a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair." What a relevant biblical prom... -
Stopping America's Greatest Epidemic
April 04th, 200905:37 PM ET"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). Let's Go After the Millions Who Have Lost Their Faith Q. How can I hel... -
April 1 -- Who Is the Biggest Fool?
April 01st, 200912:59 PM ETIn many parts of the world, April 1st is known as APRIL FOOLS' DAY. In Luke 12:16-21, Jesus talks about... THE RICH FOOL What's the Rich Fool's name? If you asked the judge Ehud, he would have told you King Eglon of Moab, an extremely wealthy and obese tyrant who oppressed God's people for eighteen long years before his gruesome demise (Jud... -
The Greatest Temptation: "Losing" Our Faith
March 18th, 200912:44 AM ETMy 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 ... -
How Fast Is America Losing Faith?
March 16th, 200909:18 PM ETThe 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)... -
Millions of Americans Have Lost the Faith: Could It Happen to You?
March 10th, 200901:48 PM ETOne 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 th... -
Following Jesus Christ Until the End
March 05th, 200903:44 PM ETOne of the greatest temptations you and I will ever face in this life is to spiritually drift away from the Lord. No one is immune--no matter how long and faithfully they have walked with the Lord. The late Dr. Joe Aldrich, former president of Multnomah Bible College, is one of several godly men who have motivated me to stay in the Christian race ... -
Losing Everything
March 03rd, 200907:01 PM ETHave 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. Waiting in line near the top of mountain slope was a girl about my age with a new red circular saucer. Compared to my black smelly inner tube, it was high ...
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