Someone Else's Faith

By F. Wayne Mac Leod

Is the Faith You Profess Really Yours?

Are you
* Trying to go to heaven on someone else's shoulders?
* Living by someone else's standard?
* Believing someone else's beliefs?
* Using someone else'se gifts?
* Maintaining someone else's traditions?
* Depending on someone else's strength?

It is possible to live off someone else's faith, and all too often we accept Christianity as a packaged deal rather than a personalized commitment. Is your faith a second hand faith, or is the faith you profess really yours?

• Language: English
• Publisher: F. Wayne Mac Leod
• Release date: Feb 18, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310285363

F. Wayne Mac Leod

F. Wayne Mac Leod was born in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada and received his education at Ontario Bible College, University of Waterloo and Ontario Theological Seminary. He was ordained at Hespeler Baptist Church, Cambridge, Ontario in 1991. He and his wife, Diane served as missionaries with the Africa Evangelical Fellowship (now merged with SIM) on the islands of Mauritius and Reunion in the Indian Ocean from 1985-1993 where he was involved in church development and leadership training. He is presently involved in a writing ministry and is a member of Action International Ministries.

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SOMEONE ELSE'S FAITH

Is the Faith You Profess Really Yours?

F. Wayne Mac Leod

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise specified, are taken from the New International Version of the Bible (Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used with permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers, All rights reserved.)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Going to Heaven on Someone Else's Shoulders

Chapter 2 - Living By Someone Else's Standard

Chapter 3 - Believing Someone Else's Beliefs

Chapter 4 - Using Someone Else's Gifts

Chapter 5 - Maintaining Someone Else's Traditions

Chapter 6 - Depending on Someone Else's Strength

Chapter 7 - Making Faith Yours

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Chapter 1 - Going to Heaven on Someone Else's Shoulders

The 2006 edition of Operation World estimates that 81.5% of North Americans consider themselves to be Christian. This represents approximately 259 million people. Forty-eight million of these, however, have no church affiliation. Let's be realistic about these figures. Not everyone affiliated with a Christian church is truly Christian. There will always be those who attend church on Sunday whose faith is not real.

This brings us to an important question. Why do these individuals claim to be Christian if they do not practice their faith? While I cannot answer for them, I would expect that most of them would consider themselves to be Christian because they were born into a Christian family. They feel that because they were born of Christian parents they are Christians (as opposed to Hindu or Muslim). For many people, you are born into your faith in the same way that you are born into your nationality. I am Canadian because I was born of Canadian parents and I have never renounced my citizenship. Many people see their faith in this way. Unless you decide to