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It is inconceivable that the pleasures Christ has in the church would be stimulated by his imaging a prostitute to get his juices flowing.
If you’re discouraged in your battle against sin, remember this: The conflict is normal. The battles are winnable. And the war will end.
We love to be on the move. Movement, activity, journey — Western society is a society on the go. Anthony Esolen calls it the "compulsion of p...
Sabbath is not only a principle for rest, but the context from which we live. We work and play and have our being from the grace of rest in God.
Satan’s master design in temptation is to lessen the guilt of sin, hide the danger of sin, and embellish the pleasure of sin.
Augustine wrote ‘Confessions’ as an extended prayer to God, meant to be overheard. And many who have listened to him have never been the same.
We all must come to terms with the way we are. The first is to cultivate contentment with who God designed us to be. The second is to lay aside th...
Jonah reminds me of God’s mercy toward self-pitying sulkers like me and encourages me to lay aside this sinful weight.
Lust is an ancient and universal sinful appetite. The more we feed it, the more ravenous and perversely diverse it becomes.
We need pastors today who not only know their freedoms in Christ but also stand ready, in love, to forgo their rights at times for the good of oth...