Category Archives: Personal Holiness

Transforming the Hardcore Sinner & the Addict

Posted on July 11, 2020 by

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 →

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When Christians Cuss

Posted on June 5, 2020 by

I wasn’t always a preacher, and I must confess that I used to cuss like a sailor. As a matter of fact, when I did become a preacher, a good friend of mine said concerning my cussing, “If Russell Mckinney … Continue reading →

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Entertainment In This Modern Age

Posted on May 21, 2020 by

“I have the right to do anything,” you say — but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything” — but not everything is constructive. (1 Corinthians 10:23, N.I.V.) A Christian woman once gave the great preacher … Continue reading →

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How to Hurt Your Best Friend

Posted on December 28, 2019 by

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says … Continue reading →

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“Christian Verses” Podcast: Psalm 1:1

Posted on November 3, 2019 by

Anytime we leave God out of our lives we get into trouble. Oftentimes this leaving out involves the progression that is described in Psalm 1:1. First, we walk in the counsel of the ungodly. Second, this walking eventually leads us to stand in … Continue reading →

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Your Mind Is Like a Hotel

Posted on September 16, 2019 by

One writer has compared our minds to a hotel. The hotel manager cannot keep a problem person from entering the lobby, but he can keep that person from getting a room and staying there. Similarly, you cannot cannot keep a … Continue reading →

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Dead In Sin or Dead To Sin?

Posted on July 29, 2019 by

One little word can make a big difference. A Biblical example of this is found in the salvation experience. The difference is between the words “in” and “to.” Ephesians 2:1-5 and Colossians 2:13 teach that each of us was born … Continue reading →

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When False Teeth Become a Problem

Posted on July 27, 2019 by

but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy for I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:15-16, N.K.J.V.) In his booklet How to Kill a Church Without Really … Continue reading →

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God’s Mirror

Posted on July 6, 2019 by

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes … Continue reading →

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Christians Bringing a Touch of Christ’s Kingdom to Earth

Posted on June 13, 2019 by

Series: “Christ’s Kingdom” (post #5) Jesus spent His three-and-a-half-year earthly ministry bringing a touch of His heavenly kingdom to the earth. Then, after being crucified, He resurrected and ascended back to heaven. This left a gaping hole in regards to … Continue reading →

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