Open the Bible Minute

Colin Smith

Where is Your Faith?

June 20, 2015

What is happening to your faith? Is it growing? Are you exercising it by applying it to the battles you face every day?

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Green Pastures, Still Waters: 31 Days in Psalm 23 by Colin Smith
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Are worries and fears eating away at you? Bring them to the Lord of peace!
June 19, 2015
Is the Bible really the Word of God? Can I really stake my whole life on what it says?
June 18, 2015
Do you feel so far from God that you could never come back? You need to know that He still loves you, and His love can change your life.
June 17, 2015
A sacrifice is only an act of love if it achieves something for the object of that love. Do you know what God was willing to give up to show His love for you? 
June 16, 2015
What does it mean to have Christ in you? It means joining two persons together who are totally different—making you someone totally new!
June 15, 2015
A popular song says we’re perfect the way we are. How does that stack up with what God says?
June 14, 2015
Sin is not like a crayon mark that can be easily painted over. It’s a living power that must be cut out before it destroys.
June 13, 2015
Some folks think they were born a Christian, but it’s not that simple. We all start out as sinners in need of God’s grace.
June 12, 2015
The mood of our age says people are upright on their own and have no need of a Savior. If they think there’s no sin in their lives, they’d better take a closer look!
June 11, 2015
Did you know you’re kept by God’s power?  Your salvation does not depend on the strength of your faith,
June 10, 2015
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Featured Offer

Green Pastures, Still Waters: 31 Days in Psalm 23 by Colin Smith
Green Pastures Still Waters is the new 31-day devotional based on Psalm 23 from Pastor Colin. God has used this psalm to encourage His people for over 3,000 years! May God use these familiar words to bring you fresh strength, hope, comfort, and encouragement.

About Open the Bible Minute

Open the Bible is the teaching ministry of Pastor Colin Smith. Our mission is to use a broad array of modern media to help people around the world meet Jesus. We do this by opening the Bible for them, helping them open the Bible themselves, and equipping them to open the Bible with others.

About Colin Smith

Colin Smith is senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church, a thriving, multi-campus church located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, and Founder and Teaching Pastor of Open the Bible.

Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he trained at the London School of Theology where he earned the degrees of Bachelor of Theology and Master of Philosophy. Before coming to the States in 1996, Colin served as senior pastor of the Enfield Evangelical Free Church in London.

He is the author of several books including Momentum: Pursuing God’s Blessings through the Beatitudes; Heaven, How I Got Here: The Story of the Thief on the Cross; Jonah: Navigating a God-Centered Life; The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional; 10 Keys for Unlocking the Bible; The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life; as well as others. His preaching ministry is shared around the world through Open the Bible.

Colin and his wife Karen reside in Arlington Heights, Ill., and have two married sons and five granddaughters.

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