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Category Archives: Personal Holiness
Who Are You Dancing With?
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world….” (John 18:36, N.K.J.V.) Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (1 John 2:15, … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Alcohol, Backsliding, Business, Commitment, Desires, Drugs, Entertainment, Faithfulness, Gambling, Homosexuality, Lesbianism, Personal Holiness, Politics, Priorities, Sanctification, Satan, Sports, The Devil
Tagged Bible, How does the Bible use the word "world"?, in the world but not of the world, Is Satan the ruler of this world?, Satan, the Greek word kosmos, The whole world lies under the sway of Satan
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Is Every Christian a Saint?
Christianity offers a whole list of strange words that all end with the letters “t-i-o-n.” We have: “justification,” “regeneration,” “glorification,” “propitiation,” “imputation,” “predestination,” and “transfiguration.” One little boy, whose parents made him go to church every Sunday, got into trouble … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Discipleship, Holiness, Personal Holiness, Prophecy, Resurrection, Salvation, Sanctification
Tagged Bible, Catholic church wrong on sainthood, christianity, definition of sanctification, Faith, is every Christian a saint?, jesus, Sanctification, three aspects of sanctification
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The Man Who Had to Lose His Eyes to See
It’s a shame that many people won’t become spiritually broken unless some type of tragedy happens to them. Samson is a classic case in point. He was Israel’s strongman, the champion of the tribe of Dan and the slayer of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Backsliding, Brokenness, Character, Choices, Confession, Depravity, Desires, Disobedience, God's Chastening, God's Work, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Repentance, Separation, Sex, Sin, Sowing and Reaping, Submission, Temptation
Tagged Bible, delilah, god, judges, Samson, Samson and Delilah, Samson and the foxes, Samson eating honey, Samson killing a thousand with the jawbobne of an ass, Samson losing his eyes, Samson sleeping with a harlot, Samson violating his vow, the Nazarite vow
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How Would You Describe Your Walk With the Lord These Days?
Vance Havner, the renowned preacher, once told the story of a writer who knew an elderly lady who loved to give her testimony in church. The lady would always begin by saying, “Forty years ago…” After hearing her do that … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Belief, Children, Depression, Disappointment, Doubt, Faith, Family, Fatherhood, Honesty, Loneliness, Parenting, Personal, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Sports, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged being real with God, Bible, christianity, Denver NC, doing a spiritual checkup, Faith, god, jesus, Vance Havner
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Working Out Your Own Salvation
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:12, N.K.J.V.) A man bought an acreage of hilly … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Change, Commitment, Discipleship, Doing Good, Faithfulness, God's Work, Ministry, Personal Holiness, Priorities, Salvation, Service, Sin, Temptation, The Holy Spirit
Tagged John Phillips, the Christian life as a gold mine, What does it mean to work out your own salvation?, working out your own salvation
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A Simple Test for Standards
You’ve probably noticed that Christians have wildly different standards when it comes to matters of personal holiness. Sometimes these differences stem from nothing more than the generation gap. Other times they are created by the varying diversities of local cultures. … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Christian Liberty, Conscience, Decisions, Discernment, Doubt, Dress and Appearance, Entertainment, Faith, God's Guidance, God's Will, Guilt, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Sin, Temptation
Tagged Christian standards, guilt, Personal Holiness, Romans 14:14, Romans 14:23, should I wear this?, sinning against your conscience, violating one's conscience
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What’s Your Weakness?
Chuck Swindoll, in his study guide on Samson, makes an excellent point about the value of understanding one’s own weaknesses. He writes: It is important to know your strengths. But it is life-or-death essential to know your weaknesses….it was Samson’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Swindoll, personal weakness, Samson, what's your weakness?
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