Crisis at the Confessional Confessing Sin, Confession, Sin, Sinful Nature Studio C, a sketch comedy team, provides a lighthearted video that could serve as an intro to a sermon on confession. The concept? What… READ MORE
Christians Fail Failure, Leaders, Sin, Sinful Nature Christians fail! The news is littered with the checkered track record. From the 1988 PTL (Praise the Lord) downfall of Jim Bakker to the… READ MORE
Washing Hands Choosing Christ, Confessing Sin, Forgiveness, Redemption, Sin, Sinful Nature Every restaurant in America has a sign in the bathroom that says, “Employees must wash hands before returning to work.” If someone is unclean,… READ MORE
The “Anxious Bench” Anxiety, Anxious, Conviction, Guilt, Repentance, Sin, Sinful Nature, Sorrow Imagine being in a church service. Everyone is praying or singing songs of praise as the pastor loudly proclaims that people need to get… READ MORE
Broken Watch Conviction, Guilt, Mistakes, Shame, Sin, Sinful Nature, Sorrow, Trouble A boy was told by his father not to play with his father’s watch. While his father was away, the five-year-old initially decided he… READ MORE
The Secret History Commandments, Disobedience, Evil, Following God, Hate, Obedience, Sinful Nature, Ten Commandments In the novel The Secret History by Donna Tartt, a group of affluent college students decide to murder a close friend of theirs. As… READ MORE
The Pervasiveness of Sin Death, Sin, Sinful Nature, Temptation, The Heart, The mind The power of sin shapes and colors everything. Author James B. Nelson links his alcoholism with the pervasiveness of sin. How he describes addiction and… READ MORE
Changing What You Crave 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Desires, Discipline, Flesh, Hebrews 2:18, James 4:7, Lust, Psalm 119:11, Psalm 37:4-5, Removing, Resisting Temptation, Romans 12:1-2, Sinful Nature, Temptation In his article, “Want to Be Healthier? Change Your Taste Buds,” Michael Greger shares that our taste buds can change once we remove certain… READ MORE
Battles We Continue To Fight 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Battle, Galatians 2:20, Identity, New Life, Now And Not Yet, Philippians 2:13, Romans 7, Romans 8:1, Salvation, Sanctification, Sinful Nature, Struggles With Sin Romans 6:8-14 captures the central tension of the Christian life on earth: we have died to sin, but we still sin. Why do we… READ MORE
