Keeping The Faith

What do you think it means to "keep the faith"? What does that look like?

This past week a friend of mine showed me an article that was rather interesting. It came from a Christian magazine called Relevant. They interviewed an actor named Zac Levi, who stars on the TV show Chuck. I like the show, and think he is a good guy. I had no idea he was a Christian until after I read the article.

The article talks about how Zac Levi is, in my opinion, keeping the faith, despite his surroundings. Hollywood is not the best place to live a life of faith. But Zac has done tremendously well. He lives in a house where he dedicates two rooms for people who struggle financially and need a place to stay, and even hosts a home church on Sunday nights. He lives life with a Christian community of friends. Zac also talks about how he is able to help himself in the work that he does. "...everything starts with the audition process," he chooses what he wants to do based on, "whether its something I want anything to do with." If he finds a script questionable, he simply won't audition (if you want to read the full article click here). Zac Levi is a far cry from the Apostle Paul but I think he's definitely on the right track.

Paul was an amazing evangelist. From the moment he became a Christian up till the moment he died for his faith, he did everything he could to tell others about God and please and serve God with everything he had. He practiced what he preached and fully hoped and trusted in God's word and guidance, despite hardships and persecution he faced. You could definitely say that he kept the faith.

For the past few weeks, we have been looking at Paul in Rome. We saw that faith and culture are in conflict, and that we can never be good enough for God, and yet He still declares us good enough.

Join us tonight as we look at how Paul "...fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith," in everything he did, and how we can do the same.