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Category Archives: Addiction
Nobody to Blame!
Several years ago I cut a little article out of a Christian newspaper. I threw the article in my nightstand drawer where I keep some of the illustrations I’ve accumulated and didn’t think much more about it. Today I was … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Attitude, Backsliding, Character, Complaining, Confession, Conscience, Depravity, Disobedience, Guilt, Repentance, Sin
Tagged accepting the responsibility for your sin, article written by a prisoner, making excuses for your sin, no one is to blame anymore, shifting the blame for your sin
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Getting Off Your Rock-O-Plane
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!’” (Luke 15:17, N.K.J.V.) Many years ago, back when I was 12 or 13 years … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Backsliding, Change, Disobedience, Forgiveness, God's Love, Grace, Personal, Rebellion, Repentance, Restoration, Salvation, Sin, Temptation
Tagged But when he came to himself, carnival in Spruce Pine NC, City Drive In Spruce Pine NC, puking on a carnival ride, Rock-O-Plane ride
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How to Use Your Bad Experience
Tom Wallace tells the story of a time when he received a phone call in which he was told that a certain family was in need of pastoral comfort in the emergency room of the local hospital. Tragically, the family’s … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Adversity, Disappointment, Discipleship, Doing Good, God's Work, Individuality, Influence, Ministry, Problems, Service, Suffering, Trials, Witnessing
Tagged a boy who shot his brother, how to minister to others, relating to those whose are hurting, using your bad experience for the Lord, using your testimony as a witness
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Transforming the Hardcore Sinner & the Addict
Hugh Price Hughes, an influential Methodist minister, was once challenged to a debate by Charles Bradlaugh, an atheistic political activist. Bradlaugh wanted Hughes to defend Christianity as being anything other than just a man-made religion based upon a fairy tale. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Atheism, Change, God's Love, God's Provision, Grace, Inner Peace, Needs, Personal Holiness, Problems, Sin, Temptation
Tagged atheism and addiction, Charles Bradlaugh, Christian debating an atheist, Christianity and addiction, getting help from a higher power, Hugh Price Hughes
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The Only Real Fix
Evangelist D.L. Moody once told the story of a man who bought a farm that had a well as its water source. The well water was accessed by way of a pump handle that was situated atop a platform. The … Continue reading
“Why Sit Here Until We Die?”
“Why sit here until we die?” That question is at the heart of one of the Bible’s most incredible stories, 2 Kings 7:1-20, and it’s a question that still has relevance in a multitude of situations today. Let’s talk about … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Attitude, Change, Choices, Church, Contentment, Courage, Decisions, Desires, Discernment, Faith, Fear, God's Timing, God's Provision, God's Will, Inner Peace, Needs, Problems, Trusting In God
Tagged changing in order to stay alive, the lepers who entered the Syrian camp, when a change is needed, Why sit here until we die?
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God & Evil
Malcolm Woody has asked: “If God is all good, and all knowing, and all powerful, and all loving, why is there evil in the world?” Mathew 5:48 says that God is “perfect.” 1st John 1:5 says: “…God is light and … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Aging, Angels, Creation, Death, Demons, God's Sovereignty, Pride, Satan, Sickness, Sin, Spiritual Warfare, The Devil, Weather
Tagged Does God cause evil?, Does God cause natural disasters?, fallen angels in Revelation 12:4, God doesn't want robots, Satan in Ezekiel 28:1-19, Satan in Isaiah 14:12-15, Satan possessing the serpent, the fall of Lucifer, the reason for natural disasters, Why does God allow evil?
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The First Church Scandal
(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #9) I don’t care how smoothly a church is humming along, it isn’t immune from scandal. The problem is that people can’t help but be people. They are sin-marred individuals who are card-carrying … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Backsliding, Church, Deacons, Depravity, God's Judgment, Holiness, Hypocrisy, Ministry, Money, Pastors, Personal Holiness, Series: "The Early Church of Jerusalem", Sin, Temptation, The Holy Spirit
Tagged every Christian is a walking civil war, For what I will to do that I do not do, the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira, the sin of Ananias and Sapphira, what I hate I do, Why did God kill Ananias and Sapphira?
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