Satan
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The Prayer That Shapes You
They say environment shapes you, so when possible, choose your environment carefully. If you can get in, Harvard sounds amazing, but if a disproportionate percentage of professors there are atheists, why not just pick another school? But it’s not just environment that shapes us – prayer shapes us too. Now that’s not the primary thing Continue reading
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Why We Sin…and the Truth That Sets Us Free
We sin for the same reason that Eve sinned – we believe that God’s way is NOT the way of joy and happiness. In short, we are tempted by a lie, the same lie the enemy told Eve: “God does not have your best in mind.” This is what the Serpent insinuated to Eve in the Garden: “God knows that Continue reading
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Beat (box) on the Accuser
Read this with a bit of the hipster going on your head… The accuser of the brethren has been getting down on me, ‘cuz he’s always pointing out my sin, and just won’t let me be, But I know that he’s a liar, Jesus came to set me free. And when I overcome him, I Continue reading
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When the Morning Star Rises…
Satan’s tactic all the way back to the Garden of Eden has been to call into question the truthfulness of Scripture: “Has God said…?” – the question he has planted in the minds of believers again and again through the centuries. So, when false teachers came amongst the Apostle Peter’s followers, they apparently followed the Continue reading
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Where the Prosperity Gospel Goes to Die
“If ever there was a biblical chapter that prosperity theology teachers should avoid, this is it! The heroines and heroes of faith hardly ‘named it and claimed it…’” – from the study notes on Hebrews 11, The Gospel Transformation Bible The prosperity gospel tells us that God always wants us wealthy and healthy, and that Continue reading
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3 Ways to “Take Care” in the Most Important Thing
“Take care, then, how you hear.” Jesus offered this comment after he explained the Parable of the Sower, a lesson about how the Word of God does or does not bear fruit in an individual’s life. Take care, then, how you hear. So, it’s not enough to hear. We must hear carefully. Here then, are 3 lessons Continue reading
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The Weapons of Our Warfare
I’m not much of a fighter, but I did try. As a cadet at West Point, I reluctantly learned to use the pugil stick (Sorry, the image to the left will have to do – no pictures of my fighting exploits remain). Pugil sticks are those giant Q-tip like “weapons” that you have perhaps seen Continue reading
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How We Are Outwitted By Satan
We are often confused about the main way the enemy of our souls attacks us. Now I’m sure that he comes against us in many different ways, all of which I myself do not know; but I think we too often imagine Exorcist-like warfare with crosses held high and twisting heads as in the movie. And while Continue reading
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Cutting…and the Man of the Tombs
I don’t claim to understand the practice of cutting, though I know it has been going on for thousands of years… And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him Continue reading
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