
Stay Free: Why Society Can't Survive Without God

This point reminds me of a famous story of a man called Charles Blondin who used to tightrope walk over Niagara Falls to the delight of watching crowds. If you've gone to church for any length of time you'll probably have heard this story - pastors love it. Anyway, one day Blondin revealed that he was going to step his act up a notch by walking acr
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John Muncee said, "You'll never be able to speak against evil if you're entertained by it."
Mark Fairley • Stay Free: Why Society Can't Survive Without God
Indeed, if you're not acting on what you say you believe, the truth is, you don't really believe it.
Mark Fairley • Stay Free: Why Society Can't Survive Without God
Wilberforce himself wrote a book called 'Practical Christianity' challenging Christians of the day to turn their faith into action believing all Christians should use their time to “find some ignorance to instruct, some wrong to redress, some want to supply, some misery to alleviate.” Simply putting the LAW OF CHRIST into effect by loving God and o
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Jesus himself said, "the one who endures to the end will be saved." (Matt 24:13) Endurance is a requirement of the Christian faith.
Mark Fairley • Stay Free: Why Society Can't Survive Without God
Indeed, is sin ever beneficial?
Mark Fairley • Stay Free: Why Society Can't Survive Without God
Look through the Bible and you'll discover that wherever there is great faith there is always great accompanying action. True faith always translates into action. This is why one simple act of obedience is worth a thousand hours sitting in church listening to sermons.
Mark Fairley • Stay Free: Why Society Can't Survive Without God
You must be willing to make yourself nothing in the world's eyes in order to be everything in God's.
Mark Fairley • Stay Free: Why Society Can't Survive Without God
All of these verses make it clear that although we are saved by simple faith and can have a present assurance of salvation based on that faith, we must go on believing if we're to arrive safely home. We must be diligent, constant and intentional for as long as life lasts. In other words, we are saved but we are also being saved. And the only guaran
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