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Life is an interesting word. Like other words in the English language, there are multiple meanings. Life is a cereal. Life is a game. We can discuss the life of a cat. We can discuss the life of a carrot. We can talk about life and its opposite, death. We can tell a life-story.

Almost every time I teach Discover Calvary, I ask the participants what comes to their mind when I say the words, “church discipline.” More often than not someone replies, “Getting kicked out of the church.”

“What are you looking at?” That question can be asked with a variety of tonal inflection. It can be angry, interested or merely curious. I’m asking you, since you stopped whatever you were doing to read this, “Who are you looking at?”

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” People like Christmas for a lot of different reasons. Some like the family get-togethers and all the parties. Some like the gifts; giving and receiving. Some like the reminders of the past, the nostalgia of “simpler times.”

That may not be a distinction we’d like to be known for but there are many people who have been commended by God for their enduring faith. Hebrews 11 is sometimes referred to as the “hall of faith.” We have learned that faith is evidenced when we take God at His word.