Here are Bible verses about faith.
The Book of James: A whistle-stop tour
Our Book of the Month for July is the Letter of James. It is a short letter – only five chapters – but it has some extraordinarily deep and challenging teaching within it.
Bible Q&A: Can a believer lose their salvation?
Many Christians have had the experience of a friend or family member leaving the Church, and seemingly the faith. This is why the question is sometimes pressing, and we want to know whether or not those friends are still saved. By salvation, we usual...
Bible Q&A: What would Christianity look like without Paul’s letters?
If the New Testament didn’t have any of Paul’s letters, would Christianity still be a complete faith, founded on salvation through Jesus Christ?
I was 18 and in the first term of uni studying industrial product design
‘I was 18 and in the first term of uni studying industrial product design. I really liked the Christian Union. It was social. But there were Bible studies going on. They were going through 1 John. On this particular evening, they read verses 4-5: ...
My parents were missionaries and I grew up in Japan
‘My parents were missionaries and I grew up in Japan. When I was 16 we came back to the UK, and a year later I decided to be baptised. But, as I’d grown up in a Christian family, I hadn’t had a conversion. There was no before and after for me...
Discovering God’s presence through lament
It is no exaggeration at all to describe Job as the champion of lament in the Bible, writes Dr Jutta Henner.
On the authority and credibility of Scripture
Walter Moberly is Professor of Theology and Biblical Interpretation at Durham University and the author of numerous books.
I had a challenging upbringing
‘I had a challenging upbringing. My father died when I was seven and my mother, though a believer, had a fierce temper. I did grow up with a faith of my own, but it wasn’t particularly getting deeper. Part of that was observing my mother's o...
My father was from a very strong Buddhist family
‘My father was from a very strong Buddhist family but my mother was from a Christian family, so I learned about Jesus through her. When I was about 10, we left Sri Lanka for Zambia and my grandmother came to visit us. I was with the wrong crowd at ...