Not Enabling The Depressed and Anxious to Remain There
Not Enabling The Depressed and Anxious to Remain There
Scripture doesn’t commend a person for being depressed or anxious, nor should we. We shouldn’t give that person room to think it’s OK...
Christ’s Call to Die to Self
Christ’s Call to Die to Self
Christ gives us four examples that reveal our constant tendency to be watching out for ourselves and our self-interest.
Adultery In The Heart
Adultery In The Heart
Jesus compares this war on lust with someone cutting off their own limb or gouging out their own eye. We must deal drastically with sin...
You Don’t Have To Look and Lust!
You Don’t Have To Look and Lust!
That's what God's grace does, it makes a difference in people's lives. "I don't have to look!" Brother and sister, you don't have to click it! Guess what? You don't have to do it!
Pornography: Slaying The Dragon
Pornography: Slaying The Dragon
Pornography is nothing short of damnable filth that dishonors God. You need to slay this dragon or it's going to slay you.
Abortion Is Not An Unforgivable Sin
Abortion Is Not An Unforgivable Sin
Sister, know this: abortion is not an unforgivable sin. It is not unforgivable. Honest. Jesus Christ paid the penalty on that cross...
Abstain From Sexual Immorality
Abstain From Sexual Immorality
1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality.
We Need To Lay Aside Our Besetting Sins
We Need To Lay Aside Our Besetting Sins
The Bible mentions besetting sins, but we need to remember that when it mentions them, it tells us to lay them aside.
How Can I Lust and Sin Against God?
How Can I Lust and Sin Against God?
Christian, the next time you're severely tempted and enticed to yield to sexual sin, just remember that your sin is against God. Just remember that...
The Anatomy of the Conflict
The Anatomy of the Conflict
What does the spiritual war look like for the believer? The enemy targets and attacks the mind of the believer.
The Schemes of the Enemy (Part 1)
The Schemes of the Enemy (Part 1)
Do you perceive the subtle schemes of the enemy that are set against you to destroy you? It could be as subtle as having a strong desire to number how many...
The Christian’s Call to Battle: An Introduction
The Christian’s Call to Battle: An Introduction
If you're a believer in Jesus Christ, you've been enlisted in the war against the Devil. And you can't use the doctrine of eternal security to delude...
What Does Satan Fear?
What Does Satan Fear?
What does Satan fear? He doesn't fear Calvinism; he fears God, and he fears Christians who know how to pray in such a way that God comes.
What Question Do You Get Asked the Most? Unpardonable Sin
What Question Do You Get Asked the Most? Unpardonable Sin
Tim Conway was asked about what question he gets tired the most of hearing as a pastor. His answer was that he has constantly had questions from people who are tormented by the belief that they have committed the unpardonable sin.
Jesus, You Are My All in All
Jesus, You Are My All in All
This is a version of the song All in All that was written by Dennis Jernigan, who was mercifully saved in 1981 out of false Christianity and homosexuality.
Don’t Let the Devil Lull You to Sleep
Don’t Let the Devil Lull You to Sleep
God calls us to stay awake, but the Devil is doing all that he can to lull us to sleep.
Standing in Evil Days
Standing in Evil Days
It is easy to stand in the days that are pleasant, but how many Christians are able to stand in the evil day? Each of us will face the evil day when we experience...
Don’t Be Deceived About Sexual Immorality
Don’t Be Deceived About Sexual Immorality
A prominent sin in the day we live in is sexual immorality, and this sin is also given fierce warnings in the Bible. We need to remember that warnings of sexual immorality...
If You Can’t Forgive, You Don’t Believe
If You Can’t Forgive, You Don’t Believe
Bitterness and unforgiveness can have such a strong grip on the heart. The only thing that can melt it is looking at Christ on the cross dying for our sins. If the cross of Christ...
Dealing With Idols That Creep Into our Lives
Dealing With Idols That Creep Into our Lives
What should we do about idols that creep into our lives and hinder our walk? We live in a generation where distractions from technology are at an all-time high...
What Should Make Us Angry?
What Should Make Us Angry?
We typically think of anger as a work of the flesh that we need to put to death and flee from. And in most cases it certainly is, but there actually is a time and place to be angry.
Good Anger & Bad Anger
Good Anger & Bad Anger
Christians have been recreated in the likeness of God, and one of God's attributes that we're actually called to have is anger.
The Seed of the Woman & The Serpent
The Seed of the Woman & The Serpent
A major theme in the Bible is the battle between Christ and the Devil. We see this promised from the very beginning in Genesis 3. Because of the Fall...
Why is This World the Way That It Is?
Why is This World the Way That It Is?
There are two very important questions we all should be asking: 1. Why are things the way they are in this world? 2. How do we fix it?
God is Gracious But Sin Has Terrible Consequences
God is Gracious But Sin Has Terrible Consequences
Praise be to God that He forgives our sins and that we won't have to go to hell for them. But this doesn't mean that there will not be fierce and severe consequences for our sin.
What to Do When Your Thought Life is Attacked
What to Do When Your Thought Life is Attacked
It may be easy to not allow our body to go to sinful places. But what are we to do when we find our mind being bombarded by wicked things?
Mind Battles: Victory Over Wrong Thoughts
Mind Battles: Victory Over Wrong Thoughts
There are many wars that have taken place and are taking place in this world. But one of the greatest wars constantly taking place is in the mind of Christians.
Secret Sins
Secret Sins
If we want to have joy in our walk with God, if we want sweet fellowship with other Christians, if we want to be useful and effective in our service...
You Are Not Most Important
You Are Not Most Important
One of the biggest battles Christians face in their church is with selfishness. Christians should not be consumed with themselves and their own interests.
Love For Christ Overcomes Sexual Immorality
Love For Christ Overcomes Sexual Immorality
There are practical things to consider when seeking to overcome sexual sin. But if love for Christ is lacking, all other means and methods won't last.
Choose Life or Lust, Christ or Sexual Sin
Choose Life or Lust, Christ or Sexual Sin
Sexual sin has been a problem in all generations, but there's no question that our current generation faces it and has access to it far more than any other generation in history.
Satan’s Strategy to Accuse and Paralyze You With Doubt
Satan’s Strategy to Accuse and Paralyze You With Doubt
Satan will often try to shatter the believer's peace of mind by deceiving them into believing the conviction they are experiencing is from...
Am I Sinning by Not Ministering at an Abortion Clinic?
Am I Sinning by Not Ministering at an Abortion Clinic?
What should we think of Christians who are accusing other Christians and other churches of being in sin for not going to an abortion clinic to protest against the murders being committed?
Difference Between Good and Bad Anxiety
Difference Between Good and Bad Anxiety
How can you tell the difference between good and bad anxiety? Is your anxiety a desire in your heart to care for someone and it produces fruit? Or is it a lack of trust in the Lord and it produces sin and selfishness?
Christians Dealing With Panic Attacks and Anxiety
Christians Dealing With Panic Attacks and Anxiety
How should Christians deal with panic attacks and anxiety? Does the Bible have anything to say about these issues? More than that, is the Bible sufficient for us to deal with these?
Do Children Die For the Sin of Their Parents?
Do Children Die For the Sin of Their Parents?
Why does the Bible indicate in some places that God does not punish children for the sins of the father, and then in other places indicates the opposite?
Think You’ve Committed the Unpardonable Sin? Find a Promise
Think You’ve Committed the Unpardonable Sin? Find a Promise
Are you despairing because you believe you've committed the unpardonable sin? You don't so much need the words and counsel of people; you need a promise from God's Word...
Are You Radical in Killing Sexual Sin?
Are You Radical in Killing Sexual Sin?
For those who are falling into sexual sin, the root cause is that they've opened a door for it somewhere in their life. They must be violent and close the door they've opened...
Biblical Counsel to Walk in Sexual Purity
Biblical Counsel to Walk in Sexual Purity
To walk in purity, the believer must not just focus on guarding themselves from the sin; but they must be actively pursuing Christ and being satisfied in Him.
I’m 99% Sure I Committed the Unpardonable Sin
I’m 99% Sure I Committed the Unpardonable Sin
People are often plagued with the thought they've truly committed the unpardonable sin. What kind of counsel do these people need?
I have given way to discouragement, dark discouragement, far too much in the past. Now I know rather better, and thoroughly agree with the assertion, “all discouragement is of the devil.” Discouragement is to be resisted just like sin. To give way to one is just as bad and weakens us as much as to give way to the other.