{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fsermon-faith-is-intentional-OV0jvr9_","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Sermon: Faith Is Intentional","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/62dba346-87c2-4896-99a0-8910ee2f9f79/fd5244fc-d0e2-4e2b-a6e6-27892d67390a/ea6732da-855c-4167-819f-7ae16b1f6e01.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/1eabadd7-3dab-4092-86bb-6c0ff17b97d8\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Sermon: Faith Is Intentional\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Here's a nice, short, sub-20-minutes sermon to enjoy on your Valentine's Day. I dusted off the oldest sermon notes I have, at least for any sermon that (apparently) was not recorded when I gave it in 2003. (A few older sermons are available elsewhere in the Blue Collar Scholar back catalogue, using the audio recording from that time.) So I smoothed out, edited, and updated the notes to bring you this 2026 version of this sermon I gave in college.  In this message, I make the case that we have to be intentional about living out our faith, and that \"coasting by\" just is not enough. "}