Get Low ego, Humility, posture, Pride, Temptation Humility reveals itself in our actions. Prostrating, bowing, and other gestures show the posture of being humble. In his 2006 song “Get Low,” Lecrae… READ MORE
Fractures in Our Relationships Adversity, Sin, Temptation After sin entered the world, work shifted from being an activity completed alongside the Creator and became a curse borne apart from him (Genesis… READ MORE
The Suffering Servant’s Obedience Fasting, Jesus, Luke, Temptation In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the elf servant Dobbie is sorely mistreated by his master Lucius Malfoy. Despite how poorly he… READ MORE
Lust And Jealousy Jealousy, Lust, Temptation Have you ever witnessed a group of children opening Christmas presents at the same time? As a child tears away the wrapping paper, they… READ MORE
Breaking A Habit Avoidance, Bad Habits, Removing, Temptation Have you ever tried to break a habit that was really ingrained? It’s extremely difficult. Sometimes you must take drastic measures by removing the… READ MORE
Our Hearts Can Deceive Us Cautious, Deceiving, Discernment, False Teachers, God's Will, Sinful Desires, Temptation In the 2022 TV series Under the Banner of Heaven (created by Dustin Lance Black), based on the book by Jon Krakauer, we see… READ MORE
Temptation Overcoming Temptation, Resisting Temptation, Sin, Temptation Temptation itself is not a sin, as we read in James 1. Rather, it’s our response to temptation that leads us into or away… READ MORE
The Easy Way Out Endurance, Goals, Overcoming Temptation, Temptation When we face temptations, it’s difficult to remember the larger goals we are pursuing. We want to take the easy way out when life… READ MORE
Letter From Jim Adultery, Commandments, Disobedience, Love, Marriage, Obedience, Relationships, Sin, Temptation, Ten Commandments In “Letter from Jim,” Garrison Keillor tells the story of a man with a PhD in classics who, after years of teaching at the… 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
System Failure Death, Design, Romans, Sin, Temptation Using the example of a computer virus, writer Will Timmins writes on Romans 7: “Like a computer virus, sin has entered inside the system (‘living… READ MORE
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… READ MORE
A Safe Escape Escape, Overcoming, Provision, Temptation, Trusting God The Lord’s way of escape always accompanies every temptation we face. “God is faithful … but with the temptation he will also provide the way… READ MORE
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… READ MORE
Fishing For You 1 Corinthians 10:13, Bait, Ephesians 4:27, Ephesians 6:11, Fishing, Hebrews 2:18, James 1:12, James 4:7, Lure, Mark 14:38, Matthew 26:41, Patience, Spiritual Life, Temptation, The Devil Have you ever been fishing? Patience is a key virtue to good fishermen. It’s hard to be a good fisherman and have “fisherman’s ADD.”… READ MORE
Led Not Into Temptation 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 2:16, Evil, God, God's Character, God's Goodness, Good, Hebrews 2:18, Hebrews 4:15, James 1:12-16, James 4:7, Luke 22:40, Mark 14:38, Matthew 26:41, Overcoming, Temptation, Victory How would you feel if your personal trainer, who is supposed to hold you accountable to your health goals, began to tempt you with… 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
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…. READ MORE
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… READ MORE
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… READ MORE
