Category: . . . Killing Sin
Spiritual Drift
“For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it” (Hebrews 2:1 NASB). Some time ago, I spent a day on a Florida beach with my family. Nestled in my inner tube (not the one I...
Not I, But Christ
Lord, bend that proud and stiffnecked “I,” Help me to bow the neck and die, Beholding Him on Calvary, Who bowed His Head for me.The following are some of the features and manifestations of the self-life. The Holy Spirit alone can interpret and apply this to...
Leaving the Work Undone
One of the saddest notes in biblical history is found in the book of Joshua. The children of Israel were coming into the land that had been promised to them after 40 years of wandering in the wilderness. God had set everything up. He put dread into...
Giving In: Just Haggling Over the Price
In his probing book called The Grand Weaver, well-known apologist and author Ravi Zacharias records a story he once read. Let me give it to you in his own words: The writer described a man aboard a plane who propositioned a woman sitting next to him...
A Plundered Man
Everything went well for a while. For the first few years after “getting saved,” Richard attended church regularly and really got involved. You could not keep him away. When the church met in any fashion or for any reason, he was there. He read his Bible...
Good. Then Gone: The Empty Promise of Temptation
I noticed the billboard from a distance, its message becoming clearer as I approached. It was an advertisement for a fast food chain’s newest gourmet French fries, smothered in cheese and bacon, with “bacon” forming part of its name (and as everyone knows, you can NEVER...
What Should You Do About Sexual Sin?
In the town where I grew up, the sexually explicit magazines in the bookstore were placed on the top shelf. That usually didn’t keep a curious young boy or teen from grabbing one, stuffing it in a Sports Illustrated to make it look like he was...
The Unrepenting Repenter
The believer in Christ is a lifelong repenter. He begins with repentance and continues in repentance. (Rom. 8:12-13) David sinned giant sins but fell without a stone at the mere finger of the prophet because he was a repenter at heart (2 Sam. 12:7-13). Peter denied...
Sucked In: A Lesson from Demas about the Dangerous Side of Love
At the center of the swirling mass of stars known as the Milky Way galaxy exists a phenomenon known as a black hole. This cosmic garbage disposal has a gravitational pull so strong that stars, planets, asteroids, and even space itself cannot escape. What happens to...
Women, Have You Considered Plucking Out Your Computer Games?
I hope I didn’t look as foolish as I felt. I was talking with a group of women after church, and one of them said something that left me dumbfounded. Earlier in the week, one of us found a simple freeware computer game and emailed it...
