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"The Assurance of Things Hoped For, The Conviction of Things Not Seen"

Proper 14.C.25
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
Melanie L. McCarley

Some sentences resemble a stuffed suitcase—so full, that the expander had to be unzipped and the owner has had to resort to sitting on the bag in order for it to close. Such is the sentence penned by the author of the epistle to the Hebrews who writes: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” It is considered by some to be the classic definition of Christian faith.

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