If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honourable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. (James 3:13–14) I’ll never forget a trip […]
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The Tune of Self-Interest
After Adam and Eve disobeyed God for the first time—and sin entered the world—it didn’t take long for them to begin looking out for number one. Enter self-interest.
Read MoreThe Origin of Self
It’s been my experience that before I can fully conquer any problem, I need to understand the problem as well as possible, especially its origin. To do that with “self,” we must go back, way back.
Read MoreGod’s Straight Edge
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. (Romans 3:23) God is righteous, perfect, and infinitely holy. That’s His standard. It is sometimes called “glory” in the New Testament. Let me paraphrase Romans 3:23: For all have sinned [that’s our condition] and fall short of the perfection, holiness, righteousness, and […]
Read MoreDon’t Play with Fire
From then on, Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.” (Matthew 4:17) I ask you, how could a man as godly as David fall as far as he did with Bathsheba? How could he be responsible for murdering a man on the […]
Read MoreThe Dark Side
To discipline a child produces wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child. (Proverbs 29:15) It’s helpful to remember that the deadliest killer of humanity is not heart disease or cancer … it’s depravity. Every one of us has it. Every one of us suffers from the consequences of it. And to […]
Read MoreSin’s Consequences
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. (Genesis 3:6) The […]
Read MoreThe Enemy Within
For I was born a sinner—yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. (Psalm 51:5) Webster says depraved means, “marked by corruption or evil, perverted, crooked.” It’s important that you understand this is an internal disease; you can’t detect it from the outside. Most folks don’t “look” depraved. Most of us do a masterful job […]
Read MoreFree Offer
It doesn’t take a Ph.D. in English Literature to observe that God offers us a gift in salvation. The gift is eternal life, which is directly connected to His Son. Now let’s be clear and cautious. Becoming a member of a church is not the way to salvation.
Read MoreThe Downward Spiral of Defiance
Talk about going from bad to worse. Defiance is the classic illustration. First, defiance begins with carnal attitudes. Long before there are carnal actions, there are carnal attitudes. It can happen to adults just as quickly as it can to teens or kids. Perhaps it would help if I spelled out a few of the attitudes by describing some actual thoughts in the minds of the defiant.
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