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Collateral Damage

Community, Damage, Sin, Temptation

In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Edmund Pevensie allows jealousy and anger to bring him to betray his siblings to the White Witch, even…

The Lure of Sin

Overcoming Sin, Sin, Temptation, Trap

The fishing lure is an enticing bait designed to attract fish, yet it hides a dangerous hook. In the same way, the devil wants to…

Trespasses

Forgiveness, Salvation, Sin, transgressions, Trespass, Trespasses

Apart from Christ, we’re dead in our transgressions and sins. To trespass is to enter into a place you ought not go. You can…

A Balanced Approach

Faith, Forgiveness, Gift, Grace, Salvation, Sanctification, Sin

Recidivism is a problem in the American justice system. Recidivism refers to the likelihood of an individual who has been released committing a crime…

Our Need For Grace

Forgiveness, God's Love, Grace, Love, New Creation, New Life, Salvation, Sanctification, Sin, Struggles

Brennan Manning was a Franciscan priest who struggled with alcoholism. Eventually, his alcoholism led him out of the priesthood. It may come as a…

Big Difference

Forgiveness, Grace, Knowing God, Relationship with God, Salvation, Scripture, Sin, Understanding

Do you know about the Lord, or do you know the Lord? The difference between these two questions is as big as the Grand…

Stagnate

Christian Walk, Complacency, Destruction, Faith, Growth, Maturity, Sin, Soul, Stagnate, The Heart

When water stagnates and is not active in any way, there is all kinds of potential for rotten things like diseases and the insects…

Gospel View

Creation, God's Plan, Human History, Jesus, Narrative, Redeemed, Redemption, Salvation, Sin, the Bible, The Gospel, The World

The gospel goes beyond individuals being saved from their sins and going to heaven after they die. The gospel involves the full scope of…

Before & After

Death, Destruction, Fixer UPper, God's Love, Grace, Life, Mercy, New Life, Repentance, Restoration, Salvation, Sin

This before-and-after photo comparison from the TV show Fixer Upper shows the incredible restoration of an old, dilapidated house (https://www.hgtv.com/shows/fixer-upper/fixer-upper-takes-on-a-vintage-tiny-house-pictures). This isn’t just an…

Silent Sacrament

1 John 1:9, Acts 3:19, Compassion, Condemnation, Confession, Evangelism, Forgiveness, Galatians 6:2, James 4:8, James 5:16, John 15:12, Psalm 32:5, Reaching the Lost, Repentance, Romans 10:9, Romans 3:23-24, Sin

We have the ability to share the presence of God with others and to impart the comfort God provides. Pastor Skye Jethani tells the…

Mine Shaft of Sin

2 Corinthians 3:17, Acts 13:38-39, Colossians 1:21-23, Fear, Freedom, Galatians 5:1, Glorify God, Guilt, John 8:36, Rescue, Romans 6:22, Romans 8:1-4, Salvation, Sin

God repeatedly uses his people not to glorify themselves or to give some advantage to others, but to glorify God. “God has given us…

Competitive Nature

1 Peter 4:10, 1 Samuel 18:7-9, Character, Colossians 3:23, Comparison, Envy, Gifts, James 3:16, Jealousy, John 3:27, Matthew 25:14-30, Others, Perspective, Philippians 2:3, Proverbs 14:30, Proverbs 27:4, Sin, Stewardship, Talents

There are some crazy competitions out there, like pumpkin sailing and outhouse racing. See this article for more ridiculous competitions: https://www.si.com/more-sports/photos/2009/07/08-1most-ridiculous-competitions#21 . These competitions seem so…

Temptation Spiral

1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 4:4, 1 Peter 5:8-11, Apathy, Effects of Sin, Hebrews 2:17-18, James 1:14-15, James 4:7, Jesus, Matthew 26:41, Matthew 26:411 Corinthians 10:13, Overcoming Temptation, Sin, Strength, Temptation, Victory

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….

The Toxic Nature of Sin

2 Corinthians 11:3, Consequences, Creation, Destruction, Genesis 3:1-24, James 1:15, Pollution, Relationships, Romans 5:12, Romans 6:23, Romans 8:20-21, Sin, The Fall

Things like natural disasters and disease are evidence of the fallenness of all of creation. Sin did not just affect human relationships but the…

Stranger Things and the Power of Temptation

1 Corinthians 10:13, Deception, Gradual, James 1:13-18, John 8:6, Luke 11:4, Luke 22:40, Matthew 6:13, Relationship, Sin, Temptation

In the Netflix show Stranger Things (Season 2, Episode 3), Dustin finds a strange little creature in his trash can. He takes it home…

The Law: An Impossible Standard

Conviction, Galatians 3:24, Imperfection, James 2:10, Missing the Mark, Philippians 3:4-9, Romans 3:9-20, Romans 5:12, Romans 7:7, Romans 8:7-8, Sin, Standards, The Law

We need to learn that the law was never intended to function as a standard that we can actually meet, but as Paul says…

The Benefits of Self-Control

1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Corinthians 9:25, 2 Timothy 1:7, Benefit, Fighting, Love, Perseverance, Proverbs 16:32, Reward, Romans 12:1-2, Self-Control, Sin, Struggle, Temptation, United

In the 1970s, psychologist Walter Mischel conducted an experiment where he gave a group of children the choice to either eat a cookie immediately…

Man of Sorrows

1 Corinthians 15:31, Dying to Self, Faith, Galatians 2:20, Galatians 5:24, God's Will, John 12:24, Lamb of God, Luke 9:23, Mark 8:35, Matthew 10:38, Philippians 2:1-30, Righteousness, Romans 6:1-23, Sacrifice, Sin, Suffered, Surrender

Now Jesus, the perfect and final sacrifice, would die for the sins of all humanity in order to deliver all who believe from sin…

The Backwards Bicycle

1 John 1:8, Backwards, Bicycle, Colossians 3:5-6, Deceit, Forwards, Galatians 5:19-21, Habit, Learned Behavior, Psalm 119:25-29, Riding, Romans 7:15-20, Sin, Upside Down, Warped View

In this video clip, a man learns to ride a “backwards bicycle.” This learned habit makes it difficult for him to later ride a…

New Beginnings

Confession, Conviction, Faith, Growth, Holy Spirit, Hosea 6:1, Luke 18:13, Matthew 19:25-26, Ownership, Psalm 38:18, Psalm 38:4, Redemption, Salvation, Sanctification, Sin

“The recognition of sin is the beginning of salvation.”- Martin Luther We remember that without the Holy Spirit first convicting us of our sin…