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Category Archives: Lying
Lies & Dishonest Scales
Two college boys foolishly spent the week before their final Physics exam drinking and partying at their off-campus apartment. They didn’t sober up until the morning of the exam, and that’s when it dawned on them how much trouble they … Continue reading →
Posted in Business, Character, Communication, Conscience, Deception, Depravity, Doing Good, Honesty, Lying, Money, Personal Holiness, Work
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Tagged stories about dishonesty, story about a butcher and false scales, story about two boys who didn't study for an exam, two students lying to their teacher, What does the Bible say about dishonest scales?, What does the Bible say about lying?
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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 members … Continue reading →
Posted in Addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Backsliding, Church, Deacons, Depravity, Discernment, God's Chastening, God's Judgment, Holiness, Hypocrisy, Lying, Ministry, Money, Pastors, Personal Holiness, Series: "The Early Church of Jerusalem", Sin, Temptation, The Holy Spirit, The Sin Unto Death
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Tagged christianity, 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 first church scandal, the sin of Ananias and Sapphira, what I hate I do, Why did God kill Ananias and Sapphira?
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What Satan Did to Ananias & Sapphira: Motivation
“The Wiles of the Devil” series (post #12) But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?” (Acts 5:3, N.K.J.V.) The … Continue reading →
Posted in Backsliding, Church, God's Holiness, Lying, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Sin, Spiritual Warfare, The Devil
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Tagged Acts 2:44-45, Acts 4:32, God judging sin harshly at the beginning of a new age, God striking Ananias and Sapphira dead, the communal system of the church in Jerusalem, the first church in Jerusalem, The Sin Unto Death, Why did God kill Ananias and Sapphira?, Why is Satan mentioned in Ezekiel 28:1-9?, Why is Satan mentioned in Isaiah 14:3-21?
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What Satan Did to Eve: Deception
“The Wiles of the Devil” series (post #3) And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. (1 Timothy 2:14, N.K.J.V.) But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your … Continue reading →
Posted in Deception, Discernment, Lying, Personal, Prophecy, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, The Devil, Truth
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Tagged 1 Timothy 2:14, 2 Corinthians 11:3, Eve was deceived, John 8:44, Revelation 12:9, Satan chained up during Christ's millennial reign, Satan deceived Eve, Satan deceives the whole world, Satan is a liar, Satan is the father of lies
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The Oak Tree’s Fall
In the center of a town stood a giant oak tree that had been planted there many decades earlier to mark the founding of the town. The tree was massive and had proven that it could withstand any storm. Through … Continue reading →
Posted in Addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Anger, Backsliding, Christ's Death, Conviction, Covetousness, Desires, Disobedience, Drugs, Forgiveness, Gambling, God's Judgment, Guilt, Idolatry, Jealousy, Lust, Lying, Pride, Rebellion, Repentance, Salvation, Sex, Sin, Sowing and Reaping, Temptation, The Tongue
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Tagged a worm boring into an oak tree, sin starts small, story about a giant oak that fell, the progression of sin
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“Nobody killed me. I had a wreck.”
Twenty-five-year-old Jamie Peavy had a job working at a barbecue restaurant. One day, after work, she got in her pickup and drove to meet a friend. She tried a new route that day, thinking it would be a shortcut. What … Continue reading →
Posted in Addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Backsliding, Confession, Conviction, Drugs, Extending Forgiveness, Gambling, God's Love, Greed, Guilt, Lying, Pride, Rebellion, Repentance, Sin, Submission, Temptation
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Tagged Dallas-Fort Worth airport, Faith, god, Jamie Peavy, life, Love, Psalm 40:2, ruining your own life, wrecking your own life
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A Lesson From Nob
Even those who criticize the Bible have to admit that it doesn’t shy away from painting its characters warts and all. Is Noah the man of obedience and faith who saved the human race from extinction? Yes (Genesis chapters 6-8). … Continue reading →
Posted in Addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Backsliding, Character, Choices, Decisions, Desires, Disobedience, Gambling, Gluttony, Homosexuality, Influence, Lesbianism, Lust, Lying, Rebellion, Sin, The Tongue
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Tagged Ahimelech and Saul, David eating the showbread, David lying to Ahimelech, Doeg killing the people of Nob, the city of Nob
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The Matter of Uriah the Hittite
One night a man got drunk and ended up in a bar fight during which he received several cuts and bruises to his face. When he got home, he stood in front of the bathroom mirror and tried his best … Continue reading →
Posted in Adultery, Backsliding, Change, Character, Confession, Conscience, Conviction, Disobedience, Forgiveness, God's Chastening, God's Judgment, Guilt, Lying, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Repentance, Sin
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Tagged confession and repentance, David and Bathsheba, David and Uriah, David's cover-up, Uriah the Hittite
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Born Liars
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But those who deal truthfully are His delight. (Proverbs 12: 22, N.K.J.V.) A paratrooper finished basic training and went up for his first jump. As he was about to leap from the … Continue reading →
What’s Your Sign?
As a woman was waiting in the checkout line of a grocery store, she noticed a young mother standing in line in front of her. The mother had a baby strapped to her back in one of those baby-backpacks. Attached … Continue reading →
Posted in Addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Anger, Backsliding, Baptism, Change, Christ's Death, Christian Liberty, Confession, Conviction, Depravity, Desires, Drugs, Forgiveness, Gambling, Gluttony, Guilt, Lust, Lying, Personal Holiness, Repentance, Sex, Sin, Temptation, The Tongue, Worry
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Tagged 1 John 1:9, a pet sin, every one has turned to his own way, Isaiah 53:6, repenting of your sin, Romans 6:1-2
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