The Reverend Gregg A. Mast

Real Faith in Action

Christian Living

“The Reverend Curl Oral Hazell has written a book that will catch the attention and imagination of pastors, preachers, and students of the Bible. Hazell uses the men and women of faith found in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews as models of principles that can nurture every person's faith. His interpretation of their lives is pastoral and practical, intimate and inspiring, loving and loyal to the intent of the author of the Letter to the Hebrews. Faith, for Hazell, is both an act of belief and a deep relationship of trust in the God who created us and will never abandon us. The price of the book is rewarded in every chapter, but especially in the one that calls us to exercise faith that is 'ridiculous'--a faith that is bold, foolish, and radical. It is the kind of faith that drew Abraham out of his comfort zone and all of us out of armchair religion into one that demands our all. I commend Real Faith in Action as an aid for every spiritual pilgrim looking for direction, insight, and inspiration along the way.”