Faith Is Substance—Centennial Edition
is now available!
To purchase Faith Is Substance
from the publisher, click on the image of the book’s cover.

e can think of no better way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Pastor Percy Gutteridge’s birth than to reissue his extremely helpful book, Faith Is Substance. Coming as it does from its author’s many decades of abiding in Christ, walking in the Spirit by faith, and opening of the Scriptures, the book approaches the subject of faith in a uniquely practical, deep, and heart-changing way.
This new edition, edited and annotated by Jim and Denise Kerwin, rolls off the presses with a newer, more readable format than the first edition, and an appendix of the full lyrics of all the hymns Pastor Gutteridge quotes in the book. All proceeds from the direct online sale of the book go directly to one of Percy’s two favorite missions, an orphanage ministry for needy, mentally challenged children in Baja California, Mexico. (Visit www.RanchoSantaMarta.org for further information on that ministry.)
Specially for the occasion of the book’s release, John and Ann Gutteridge (Percy’s son and daughter-in-law) have shared with our readers a helpful timeline of Percy’s life. Son Peter has written an engaging, personal set of reminiscences of the father he remembers. We thank them for their contributions to the celebration. We’re also extremely grateful to Brother Murry Whiteman for the impressive cover art he designed and contributed for the new edition.
Republishing Faith Is Substance is only part of what we do here at Finest of the Wheat to keep Pastor Gutteridge’s teaching ministry alive. As frequently as possible, we make restored audio messages available for free download, and we web-publish new written articles (transcribed from tapes of Pastor’s messages). Sign up for our email newsletter to be informed when new articles and audios by Pastor Gutteridge appear. A full list of his currently available messages appears immediately below.
New Percy Gutteridge Material
- New Audio: In God’s Necessary Preparation for Victory and How It Is Made Complete, Pastor Percy Gutteridge continues his teaching in the Book of Joshua, looking at God’s principles for spiritual victory in siege and fall of Jericho. Posted on 15 Feb.
- New Article: As a part of his Emblems of the Holy Spirit Series, Pastor Percy Gutteridge unfolds one of God’s types from nature by looking at The Holy Spirit as Dew. Posted on 10 Feb.
Bible Teaching Articles & Audio by Percy Gutteridge
- Short Biography of Pastor Percy Gutteridge
- Book: Faith Is Substance
- Foreword by Dr. Robert C. Frost
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Author and Foundation of Faith
- Chapter 2: Faith's Conditions
- Chapter 3: The Nature of Faith
- Chapter 4: The Practice and Problems of Faith
- Chapter 5: The Perfecting of Faith
- Chapter 6: The Life and Growth of Faith
- Chapter 7: Preparing the Man of Faith
- Chapter 8: The Certainties of Faith
- Chapter 9: The Inheritance of Faith
- Chapter 10: The Triumph of Faith
- Upcoming book: The Holy Spirit
- The Black Hole
- The Gospel of the Glory
- Audio files of messages preached by Percy Gutteridge:
- Dividing the Hoof and Chewing the Cud
- The Impotent Man
- As A Little Child
- The Father of Lights
- The Temptations of Christ
- Why Revival Tarries
- Victory in the Kingdom
- The Studies in the Book of Joshua Series:
- The Christian Life Series:
- The Gospel and Its Call Series:
- The Holy Spirit Series:
- The Seven-Fold Nature of the Holy Spirit
- The Supernatural Character of New Testament Christianity
- The Double Portion of Elisha
- The Holy Spirit as Oil
- The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Burning
- The Holy Spirit as Wind
- The Holy Spirit as Dew
- The Holy Spirit as Fire
- The Holy Spirit as Salt
- The Holy Spirit as Former and Latter Rain
- The God in Creation and Providence Series:
Percy Gutteridge Material in Process and Planning
- Audio: Joshua, Part 3: The Idolatry of God’s People and the Remedy (11 March 2010)
- Article: The Emblems of the Holy Spirit series: The Holy Spirit as Fire (31 March 2010)
- Audio: Joshua, Part 4: The Divine Interlude in the Conquest of Canaan—A Secret Revealed (11 April 2010)
- Audio: Joshua, Part 5: The Triumph of Joshua (11 May 2010)
- The Emblems of the Holy Spirit Series transcribed into articles (continuing into 2010)
- The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ: an eleven-part overview of the Book of Revelation (2011)
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New on the Site
Poetry: Praise the Lord with Fanny Crosby’s much-loved To God Be the Glory.Audio: We present our next audio chapter, The New Birth and Entire Sanctification.
Article: Jim Kerwin opens up God’s picture book for a teaching entitled Circumcision—A Type of Sanctification.
Article: Isaiah Reid continues God’s Ways and Man’s Methods of Becoming Holy by debunking the first theory of sanctification in “I Was Born So.”
Audio: Percy Gutteridge continues his Studies in the Book of Joshua Series by unfolding God's Necessary Preparation for Victory and How It Is Made Complete.
Article: Percy Gutteridge unfolds God’s unique type of The Holy Spirit as Dew.
Poetry: Walter Smith’s timeless classic, Immortal, Invisible focuses our hearts on God’s attributes and being.



