Temptation Spiral
Temptation is everywhere! It can be easy to succumb, but there’s a lesson to be learned from this humorous sketch from the TV show Portlandia.
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Getting Ready
Some athletes have bizarre pre-game rituals that get them ready for a game. During the 1998 World Cup, the French team believed that their winning streak was tied
Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever heard of “imposter syndrome”? It’s the persistent fear of being secretly incompetent or inadequate for your job. A lot of us fear being “found out”
“You’re So Vain”
The famous Carly Simon song “You’re So Vain” has the lyrics “You’re so vain you probably think this song is about you.” Sometimes we can be so prideful
Safe In Christ
Romans 8:38-39 gives an exhaustive list intended to cover every possible fear we could have—issues of mortality, supernatural forces, time, powers, physical space, anything in creation
Be Transformed
At the end of the movie, Mean Girls, the main character, Cady, apologizes to all the people she hurt during the time
God Restores
In Ephesians 1, Paul emphasizes God’s sovereignty and his work as a master planner who can restore
The Toxic Nature of Sin
Things like natural disasters and disease are evidence of the fallenness of all of creation.
Stranger Things and the Power of Temptation
In the Netflix show Stranger Things (Season 2, Episode 3), Dustin finds a strange little creature in his trash can.
The Law: An Impossible Standard
We need to learn that the law was never intended to function as a standard that we can actually meet
Seeing With New Eyes
Margaret Philbrick, author of Back to the Manger, shares about how seeing the Christmas season through the eyes of her children has opened her eyes