John Ortberg explains the process by which giving in to temptation can become part of a dysfunctional Christian life, from Temptation: How Not To get Hooked, Chapter 12 of The Me I Want To Be: The first thing we must do if we are going to give in to temptation is wrapped up in the …
What good does it do me to tell me that the type of religion presented in the Bible is a very fine type of religion and that the thing for me to do is just to start practicing that type of religion now? … I will tell you, my friend. It does not one tiniest …
Quoted by Tim Challies on his blog, challies.com: In his book Expository Listening (read [Tim Challies] review) Ken Ramey offers a list of ways you can “Plan Ahead, and Schedule Your Week Around the Ministry of the Word.” “For the majority of people, even church members, church is not the priority of their week. Too …
Good thought based on Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well from the fourth chapter of John’s Gospel. Her primary problem was her ignorance, which is exactly what Jesus addresses in John 4:10. Instead of answering her question, he points out the need for it to be reconfigured. “If you knew the gift of …
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