So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. 1 Peter 1:13 This is a time for strong resolve. We cannot, we dare not just sit back and calmly hope for the best. Those […]
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The Pressure Is Building
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 Satan and his demons are directly involved in assaulting the lives of men who were once strong in the pulpit. He has rolled up his sleeves and intensified his efforts, […]
Read MoreA Plan of Correction
Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honour 1 Thessalonians 4:4 There are times in my life when it helps to spell things out in an oversimplified fashion. Somehow it enables me to get a handle on things. Perhaps this is one of those times. I realise we’ve […]
Read MoreA Plea for Morality
Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more. For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord […]
Read MoreFor Those Who Live with Regret
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 May I offer some pastoral advice and compassionate counsel? First, you cannot undo the past; don’t try. I meet folks rather regularly who think […]
Read MoreGeneral Facts from God’s Word, Part 3
People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy. Proverbs 28:13 Here is the fourth important fact from God’s Word related to the subject of abortion. Fact four: Recovery and return to a fruitful life is God’s desire for all of us. Our heavenly […]
Read MoreGeneral Facts from God’s Word, Part 2
But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself. He will be wounded and disgraced. His shame will never be erased. Proverbs 6:32–33 Yesterday covered two important facts from God’s Word related to the subject of abortion. Below is the third of four. Fact three: Some sins incur greater consequences […]
Read MoreGeneral Facts from God’s Word, Part 1
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God Romans 3:23 NASB I want to draw from the Scripture four statements that you can know for a fact, that you can rely on and ultimately act on. These facts are not limited to the sin of abortion, but they certainly would include […]
Read MoreGreatness
I’m sure it comes as no surprise to most of us that we act out precisely what we take in. In other words, we become what we think. Long before that familiar line found its way into Psychology 101 and hyped-up sales meetings, the Bible included it in one of its ancient scrolls. It just said it in a little different way: “For as he thinks within himself, so he is” (Prov. 23:7).
Read MoreAn ”Affair,” Part Two
In Part One, we acknowledged that our society has embraced a subtle lie about affairs, believing that not only is the grass greener on the other side, it’s acceptable to hop the fence. What’s more, believers are just as likely as nonbelievers to do the hopping. But infidelity isn’t an “affair,” remember; it’s adultery. And it’s deadly to a marriage. Robert J. Levin and Alexander Lowen noted three specific ways.
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