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Beliefs of the Heart

The Necessity of Hearing God

December 9, 2020 by Sam Williamson

“For God does speak–now one way, now another–though man may not perceive it” (Job 33:14). Humanity was created to be in a relationship with …

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Why Are We Still Prisoners?

November 18, 2020 by Sam Williamson

Christianity claims we are made new through a re-birth, we are new creations with new hearts, and the walls that imprisoned us have been bulldozed. …

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Giving God My Emptiness

October 27, 2020 by Sam Williamson

My leadership at my church feels fruitless; my last few sermons stank; in the first 34 weeks of this year, I published only 25 “weekly” articles; and …

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Fear of Fruitlessness

September 16, 2020 by Sam Williamson

Last week God shocked me with two verses spoken to one of his prophets: “You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You …

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The Fear of Risk

August 5, 2020 by Sam Williamson

Years ago, I went scuba diving into a shark-feeding frenzy with two of my kids. We descended sixty feet to the ocean floor, knelt in a large circle, …

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Practicing Godless Faith

July 15, 2020 by Sam Williamson

I once met an elder who was in deep distress because of his faith. Six years ago, his small but growing church received tithes that exceeded two …

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Walking A Tightrope

June 10, 2020 by Sam Williamson

Charles Blondin was a famous pioneer of tightrope walking (which, if you care, is properly called “funambulism,” and which I take to mean the …

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The Stench of Human Sweat

May 20, 2020 by Sam Williamson

A couple years ago, the subscription sign-up for www.BeliefsoftheHeart.com stopped working. Apparently, it had died without telling me. It accepted …

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My Sister Is a Liar

May 6, 2020 by Sam Williamson

The house I grew up in belonged to a church. My father was a pastor with a relatively small salary, so every home we lived in was provided rent-free …

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Pretty Ugly Moralism

April 22, 2020 by Sam Williamson

I went to school with a young woman who scratched little marks inside her Bible to keep score of how many people she had converted. She showed me her …

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The First Time I Heard God Speak

February 5, 2020 by Sam Williamson

I was ten years old the first time I heard God speak. It was autumn, a new school year had just begun, and a new fad was spreading among my adolescent …

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Information or Intimacy?

December 11, 2019 by Sam Williamson

Over thirty years ago, I stumbled upon a 60 Minutes episode in which Mike Wallace interviewed an MIT computer science nerd.  He had a tiny …

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I write Beliefs of the Heart to grow our intimacy with God, to help us all examine our deepest heart-beliefs. I am an orthodox believer, meaning my theology is consistent with Christian beliefs through the centuries. In fact, I believe that our current cultural moment clouds our beliefs, so we must continually examine our current,

 fashionable beliefs–which are often unquestioned–in light of scriptural truth. I live in Brooklyn, MI, USA, with my wife. We have four grown children and an ever increasing number of grandchildren.

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