Sin & Repentance
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God as Your Guide
I don’t know how it goes for you, but what I find in life – yes, ...
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Persecution is Coming
Let’s be honest … in this day and age, the temptation to forsake ...
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People Can Be So Horrible
There are some truly nasty people in this world; people who’ll take ...
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Free, Full, Final, Forever, Forgiveness
No doubt you, like me, hate it when you stuff up; when you fail God, ...
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The Angry Boss
It’s easy to get the impression that the Bible – the thing that ...
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Will We Never Learn?
I never cease to be amazed by my own propensity to be spiritually ...
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Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
Do you know what I find really, really scary? It’s the people who ...
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The Age of Self
The behaviour of people these days seems to be getting worse and ...
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Undefiled Religion
Yesterday we looked at the complete and utter worthlessness of ...
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Forgetting What God Says
How often have you read something in God’s Word … say, in the ...
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Self-Delusion
So you go along to church, sing the songs, hear the sermons, enjoy ...
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Being Told that You’re Wrong
Yesterday we read about God’s powerful advice for reducing conflict ...
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Standing Up for What’s Right
What a bloomin’ mess the world seems to be in right at the moment. ...
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Are You Wilting?
It’s a sad thing to see a beautiful pot plant wilting, drooping, ...
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Waiting to Die
What’s life all about? Is it just about getting up and doing the ...
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Your Measure of Success
That sense of self-importance that some people have is so… well… ...
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God’s Best
Forgiveness is a funny thing. We all realise it’s a good idea, but ...
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The Good Shepherd
Question: did Jesus come to this earth for you? Or do you perhaps ...
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The Common Cold
I never cease to be amazed how readily we are able to rationalise ...
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Easter in a Nutshell
So another Easter is just around the corner, and whilst we take these ...
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Sin is Never Small
Life is full of compromises. I guess that’s true, and yet there are ...
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The Price to Pay
The longer we hang on to our sin, the worse things get. You can’t ...
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Jesus, the Leper and Me
Sin is a word most people don’t like to use these days. But I will ...
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Looking Back
If God seems to have gone missing on you, then this … this is for ...
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The Gift of Life
When was the last time you thought about the true meaning of the ...
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The Boarding Pass
So what is it … what’s that one ticket that’s going to get you ...
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The Communication Gap
Okay, on a scale of 0 to 10, how close do you feel to God right in ...
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What About Jesus?
Different people have different views of what it means to be a ...
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The Lost Cat
Might I ask you today how close, how intimate, how real is your ...
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The Problem of the Ages
When I use a word like “sin”, what thoughts does it bring to ...
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Forgiving on the Fly
The easiest thing in the world for you and me to do is to rationalise ...
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Bills, Bills, Bills
Many people know the theory that Jesus died for us on the Cross and ...
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It is Time
Jesus … it’s a name that means many things to many people. But ...
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Undefiled Religion
Yesterday we looked at the complete and utter worthlessness of ...
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Forgetting What God Says
How often have you read something in God’s Word… say, in the ...
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Self-Delusion
So you go along to church, sing the songs, hear the sermons, enjoy ...
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Mother Nature’s Way
Pain is a fact of life … it just is. That’s not up for debate. ...
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My Wife Tried to Poison Me
Ever seen one of those embarrassing street preachers on a corner, up ...
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School on Saturday
Part of growing up, I think, is owning our own mistakes. Now, when we ...
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Flirting with Sin
There’s no such thing as a small sin. Dabble in sin, and it very ...
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A Smoker’s Life
Morality, these days, seems to be a moving feast. But still today, ...
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The Garbage Principle
The notion that Jesus came to save me, to save you … truly, some ...
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A Personal Story
No matter who you are or what you have going on, know this. Jesus ...
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Choking on Pollution
Scary thought: in God’s Book, anger and selfishness have the same ...
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Need a Saviour?
There’s no such thing as a small sin. We have all sinned and fallen ...
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Lousy Service
People are getting scratchy, have you noticed? There seems to be an ...
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Mob Mentality
The central message of Easter – God’s love and grace in sending ...
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Give Him Your Life
Okay, so we’re hurtling towards another Easter; a bit of a long ...
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Full-on Repentance
If only … if only it were possible to have the best of both worlds. ...
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The Stress of Evil
Eliminate one of the major causes of stress in your life.
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A New Start
Have you ever had the feeling that something’s not quite right?
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Pavlov’s Dogs
Now, I’m not a betting man, but if I were, I would bet that there ...
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Separation and Divorce
Marriage isn’t always a bed of roses. We wish it was, but it’s ...
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Drifting Apart
These days divorce is so common that it’s completely unremarkable. ...
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Imperfect People
Every family has it’s – what shall we call them – “issues”, ...
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It’s Not an Easy Road
Family is something we just take for granted. Most of us grew up in a ...
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Pride and Prejudice
We all have a sense of entitlement about certain things in our lives. ...
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You Need More than Aspirin
Treating symptoms and treating diseases, well … that’s not always ...
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Open Heart Surgery
Can I ask you today, when you need help with a problem, perhaps even ...
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All the Power You’ll Ever Need
Here’s something that I know is bothering many a person who ...
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No Temptations Greater Than You Can Bear
Is there one area of your life, one chink in your armour, where the ...
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Turn Your Life Around
Here’s an uncomfortable truth. No matter who you are or what you ...
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Your Sin is Killing You
If I were a betting man, and I’m not, but if I were, I would bet a ...
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You Look a Lot Like Jesus
Can I ask you, when God looks at you, what does He see? Does He see ...
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Yes, You Will Make Some Mistakes
That sense of guilt that we feel when we let God down is both a good ...
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Your Slate is Wiped Clean
The theory, the theology if you will, tells us that when you believe ...
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Sight for the Blind
We don’t like to admit it, but we all have blind spots. We all have ...
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The Power of Your Witness
A lot of people who call themselves Christians are shy about telling ...
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The Serenity Prayer (2)
Sometimes in life we feel like we’re the victim. And of course, ...
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The Serenity Prayer (1)
In this disposable world in which we live, I mean think of the stuff ...
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Up and Down and Round and Round
Like it or not, that nasty little word that we hate to think about ...
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The Power to be Holy
Okay, so what’s that one temptation in your life that keeps on ...
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The Dangers of Insecurity
How do you cope with criticism? I mean, when someone comes up to you ...
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No More Sin, But …
Have you ever done something wrong for the umpteenth time, and you ...
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The Flesh and the Spirit
It’s easy to feel guilty about the struggle we each have in dealing ...
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Bus Graffiti
Most of us are pretty good at rationalising our own immaturity and ...
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In the Hands of an Angry God
I’m afraid. I’m afraid that so many people don’t know the God ...
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Which Jesus Do You Believe in?
When you hear that name “Jesus” what images does it conjure up in ...
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Love and Justice
One of the things that holds so many people back from giving their ...
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Are You Kidding You?
Can I ask you, what bad behaviour, what bad habit of yours, is eating ...
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Go to Hell
You hear people talking about eternity as though it’s a long time. ...
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Silent for Us
When I first became a Christian, no one ever explained to me exactly ...
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Who Pays the Bill?
On that day when you stand before God, to give an account of your ...
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A Different Way
They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over ...
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When Will Your Time be Up?
I was sitting at the funeral of a dear friend of mine the other day. ...
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Are You Ready to Meet Jesus Tonight?
I was just about to sit down to prepare today’s message, when the ...
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Having Faith in Forgiveness
Easter. Yes, chocolate. Yes, a long weekend. Yes, church … perhaps. ...
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A Four Letter Word
Did you know that “sin” is a four-letter-word? Hang on Berni! ...
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Lie #10: What We Do Doesn’t Matter
We live in a world of “anything goes”. If it feels good, do it ...
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Deciding to Do Right
Sometimes we find ourselves mired in the consequences of the mistakes ...
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Better than Silver and Gold
None of us like being told what to do. We all have that “I did it ...
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False Wisdom is Ugly
Some people pretend to be wise, but then, when you scratch below the ...
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Your Freedom is Not an Excuse for Sin
Whenever you hear some guy like me talking about the freedom that you ...