Sin & Repentance
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He Did it For You
Well, here we are … that day we call “Good Friday”, remembering ...
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A Big Promise
Jesus did and said things that were so, “out there”, so ...
Yesterday
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But Then, You Stumble
In just a couple of days we’ll be commemorating that terrible day, ...
Day Before
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Despite Your Best Intentions
It’s one thing to have good intentions; it’s another thing ...
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That Unshakeable Sense of Guilt
There are many obvious things about each one of us that are there ...
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Leaving the Lawless Life
If you look closely at how governments mostly formulate and enact ...
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Hate Your Sin
It’s amazing how often we cast a judgemental eye over the bad ...
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Love Is …
I’ve never been a great fan of this crazy idea of … well, “Why ...
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Get Rid of Your Evil
It seems that the only way to stay completely away from the evil that ...
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How Will You Know?
You always need to be wary of those who claim to have some special ...
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Choose Your Friends Carefully
So who are your closest advisors? If you’re married, hopefully your ...
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Be Patient In Adversity
What adversity are you facing right in this moment? What is it ...
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Don’t Bow Down to Evil
The world, more and more it seems these days, is requiring us, ...
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Ditch Your Secret Sins
Over the years you and I have seen a good many high-profile Christian ...
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Live Out a Defiant Faith
If only life were all sweetness and light. If only things would just ...
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The Promise of Christmas
The coming of Jesus into this world wasn’t anything like the ...
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Double Edged Sword
It’s one of those strange paradoxes of life, almost to the point of ...
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I Wish …
So when was the last time that you felt, shall we say, “ethically ...
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Resting in Peace
When some dies, people say things like “She’s gone to a better ...
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Seeking You Out
Like it or not, we all secretly keep a ledger in our heads. And each ...
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Lifting the Load
We all carry burdens around in our lives. For some they’re heavy ...
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Feelings, Desires, Emotions
The opinions of other people – especially when they’re ...
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Rescued from the Hand of the Wicked
Don’t you hate it when evil people get the better of you? It rocks ...
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How to be God’s Enemy
So, humour me for a moment – whatever you happen to believe about ...
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An Awesome Responsibility
It seems to be one of those fundamental laws of the universe that ...
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But Do You Really Know?
When you’ve made a blunder – I mean, a really bad one – it’s ...
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Bring Your Habits Before the Lord
Here’s a powerful truth that should never escape us. God wants to ...
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The Great Turnaround
There are times when all we see ahead is adversity. But it’s in ...
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Loved Unfairly
Some people just take a dislike to us in a way that seems ever so ...
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When it is Good to Suffer
Suffering is a theme that I love to return to again and again, both ...
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Removing Sin’s Stain
When you do something that you know is wrong, the reality of that sin ...
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Obeying the Law of Christ
Okay, let’s imagine that somewhere deep in your heart, you want to ...
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Pleasing God
Perhaps you’re someone who wants to please God, but (and I’m sure ...
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Seeing Things Differently
It amazes me how two people can look at the same issue, the same ...
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Shady Deals
We’ve all done things we’re not proud of. I have, you have. The ...
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For Our Sake
There are times in our lives when we need to step up and do something ...
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The Worst of Motives
Sometimes, to get what you want in this world, you just have to go ...
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At War Inside
Fights and arguments – who needs them? Who wants them? Conflict is ...
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Jealousy and Selfishness
Jealousy and selfishness are two of the most basic of all human ...
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Payback Time
Have you ever felt that God is against you, that He’s not on your ...
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Always Wanting More
The world that God’s created for us to enjoy is so rich and ...
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From the Pit not the Pedestal
That feeling of complete inadequacy before God is one that many, many ...
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Alive to Christ
So do you mind if I ask you, is the life you’re leading a life ...
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A Slave No More
The thing that I love most about God is the depth of the passion in ...
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Letting Go of Your Sin
It’s quite a conundrum, this Easter story that we’ve just ...
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While We Were Still Weak
I wonder if you’ve ever heard of “Maundy Thursday”. Well, ...
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But I’m a Good Person
When I first became a Christian, I used to wonder why Jesus had to ...
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God’s Kindness and Mercy
Life has a funny habit of taking a sharp turn from good times into ...
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Don’t Do It Angry
So let me ask you, what causes your anger to flare up from time to ...
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Daring to be Different
Jesus promised His disciples many things. One of those promises that ...
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Who Will Sit on the Throne?
Eternity seems like such a long way away, doesn’t it? Why is that? ...
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All I Want Is…
So, what matters most to you? What do you place the highest value on ...
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Insisting on Your Rights
In your life here and now, with all that you have going on, what are ...
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What’ll Upset Your Apple Cart?
There is – both out there in the world, and even amongst God’s ...
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The Third Temptation
What is it in this world that you yearn for? What pleasures, what ...
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The Second Temptation
Have you ever been tempted to put God to the test? You know, you’re ...
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The First Temptation
Your enemy, the devil, has a number of very nasty habits. Up there at ...
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Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy
Temptation has this tendency to sneak up on you without you even ...
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Stepping Out on Solid Ground
Because we’re all human, our hearts are regularly torn between ...
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Embrace Your New Life Today
If you were able to join me yesterday, you’ll recall that I ...
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Leave the Past Behind
New Year’s Eve – traditionally a night of great celebration as we ...
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The Greatest Deception
There’s nothing to take the edge off the Good News of Jesus like ...
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Satan’s Greatest Success
Might I ask you … this Christmas, are you going to tell anyone ...
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Be Prepared to Zip Your Lip
Family gatherings like Christmas can be a great blessing. Catching up ...
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That’s Completely Outrageous!
Over the years, I’ve met many people who live in places where ...
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Just a Little Bit of Pride
Do you know that feeling of wanting people just to think a little bit ...
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The Most Important Thing
What is the gift of eternal life worth to you? Think about it. Just ...
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A Blunt Message
I have to tell you that the Apostle Paul is my kind of guy. He’s ...
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Throwing Stones, Washing Feet
Loving people who don’t love us in return … well, it’s not ...
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That’s Life
One of the greatest battlegrounds, if I can call it that, between ...
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A Devil of a Decision
When we succumb to temptation, it’s not a nice feeling. If only we ...
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Blessed is Anyone Who…
Here’s the thing about temptation. It’s so alluring. It’s so ...
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The Folly of Stubbornness
When was the last time you ran into someone who stubbornly refused to ...
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Freedom from Sin
There’s a real risk, I think, that we can mistake what God’s ...
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The Gardener’s Job
When you’re out doing good things for God, using your gifts and ...
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Don’t Become This Guy!
There are times when we’re absolutely convinced that we’re right. ...
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Don’t Squander Your Freedom
Freedom is one of those concepts with a lot of “cerebral curb ...
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A Helping Hand
When you see someone heading in the wrong direction, about to make a ...
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Why You Can’t Change the Other Guy
One of the most frustrating things in relationships is that other ...
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Verify the Facts Before Throwing Stones
There’s a world of difference between fact and opinion. We know ...
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Don’t Plan for Evil
Living in a country, as I do, where pretty much every native animal ...
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Don’t Rush into Evil
Sometimes we do stupid things on the spur of the moment. Everything ...
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Bad Thoughts Ruin Lives
There are times in our lives when dark thoughts invade our ...
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Why Are We So Disobedient?
Have you ever wondered why it is that we can be so disobedient, so ...
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Dining with Sinners
Question: do you make it a deliberate policy to invite bad people ...
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Speaking Without Accusing
Sometimes you’ll be having a conversation with someone, and what ...
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The Status Quo is Not an Option
Sin – turning our backs on Jesus and doing the wrong thing – is ...
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Blind Fool That I Am
None of us wants to admit to ourselves (let alone to the rest of the ...
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Sidestepping Your Mistakes
Accepting correction and instruction is something that, by and large, ...
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Whom Does the Lord Save?
When you find yourself in hot water, which of course happens from ...
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Overcoming the Wicked
There’s no shortage of wicked people in this world – none ...
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Valuing the Efforts of Others
Have you ever been trying your hardest, and yet people don’t seem ...
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A Powerful Witness
When politicians are uncertain in which direction to jump on any ...
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Blind to the Truth
Have you ever wanted something to be true so badly that you’d do ...
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No More Profanity
How often have the words that passed over your lips, the things ...
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Don’t Disappear Down This Rabbit Hole
It’s easy these days to get drawn into crazy arguments … all too ...
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Satan in the End Times
Each and every day, as I read the news, as I see how people behave ...
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To Walk Humbly With Your God
If there’s one human attribute that seems to be missing from the ...
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O God, You Are My God
Over the last few days, we’ve been discovering that Jesus is not ...
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The Negative Jesus
One of the biggest criticisms of Christians today is that they’re ...