Do you sometimes wish you could "pause" the broadcast and ask Jim a question? We've got the next best thing for you, today. We'll wrap up our exploration of Hebrews 11 - and into chapter 12 - with some Q&A time. But first, Jim has to correct our picture of that "great cloud of witnesses" in a stadium watching us run a race. That's not what's intended here. The "witnesses" are witnesses to God, and His faithfulness, and the perfection of His plan. Here's Part 1 of a message called, Join the Cloud.

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You can be honest with me, it's just us here: Do you feel a little weary? Like you've lost heart? The writer of Hebrews has the antidote for that! In the Faith Hall of Fame we've read about Noah and Abraham and Joseph - all these larger-than-life heroes. But the One we sometimes forget is Jesus. After all, He's God; He had an unfair advantage in the Faith Games. Not so, says our author. Jesus is the One enshrinee we should most "consider." Here's Pastor Jim.

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When Joseph lay on his deathbed, he wasn't looking back upon a life of dreams fulfilled, Prime Minister of Egypt, savior of the whole region; he was looking forward. If anyone could have been satisfied with himself on the threshold of the next life, Joseph could have been. Pastor Jim will remind us of some of the crises this dreamer met with faith and integrity. But Joseph had more dreams, about the future of the nation. And not the nation of Egypt; the nation of Israel. We're in Hebrews 11 again, with Jim.

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What we think of as the "Promised Land" was just the little promise! We've been walking through Hebrews 11, and in that list of faith heroes, perhaps none is greater than Abraham. The writer shows us that this towering patriarch was looking forward to more than just a large tract of real estate. He was focused beyond that, to a heavenly homeland. That vision kept him from getting too comfortable - or too disappointed - here. Here's Part 1 of Abraham: When the Pursuit Depends on Others, from Pastor Jim.

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Real faith goes it alone, if necessary. When the writer of Hebrews wanted to give examples of faith, he had no shortage of case studies from the Old Testament. But Noah stands alone - literally. He and his family rebuked the entire world with their faith and obedience. What can we learn from his unshakeable trust in God's word? Today we begin a new sermon in our Pursue the Promise series, called, Noah: When the Pursuit is Unpopular.

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We could think of faith as a kind of time travel! When we act as if what God promises is true (and of course, it is), we bring something of the future into our present. Our current reality gets re-aligned to match what will be. This is powerful stuff, faith, and it's the subject of one of the most impressive chapters in the Bible: Hebrews 11. That's where we're going today, and the writer will take us back to Genesis for an early example of a faith-filled man. And no, it's not Abraham; it's Abel.

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