The idea of sin being able to deceive us, suppressing truth so that we believe a lie, should send shivers down our spines. It is one thing to deceive other people. That is scary enough. It is even mor...
When you erode the fear of death with the knowledge that you already died [in Christ], you will find yourself moving toward a simple, bold obedience.
It is possible that our present-day discussion about needs might be framed more by secular psychological theories than by Scripture. If this is so, we should be careful about saying, Jesus meets all o...
God's self-revelation is a higher authority than our feelings.
Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin.
Fear in the biblical sense…includes being afraid of someone, but it extends to holding someone in awe, being controlled or mastered by people, worshipping other people, putting your trust in people, o...
Speaker calls the Christian counselor to look at each person as soul embodied with unique challenges that move us. This is not, he says, the first step before we get on to important business but vital...
Fear of man is always part of a triad that includes unbelief and disobedience.
Anything that erodes the fear of God will intensify the fear of man.
Our liberation comes through a person, not a system of ideas and principles. Everything we need for life and godliness ultimately comes through our knowledge of Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:3).
Knew something about prayer, asked Jesus how to pray (Luke 11:1). Here is where prayer really
There is a resiliency in the human spirit that keeps us going even when we have no reason to continue.
Faith is not the presence of warm religious feeling. It's the knowledge that you walk before the God who hears.
1. We fear people because they can expose and humiliate us. 2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us. 3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. Thes...
Somehow, turning to God and trusting him with the mysteries of suffering is the answer to the problem of suffering.
Scripture assumes that we will be afraid and anxious sometimes. What is important is where we turn, or to whom we turn when we are afraid. The God who calls you to trust in Him when you are afraid wil...
Worldly honor is passé. It is part of a fading kingdom. Honor in Christ is the only true honor.
If I can trust the word of a friend, why do I question the word of the God of the universe? Go figure. Sin is truly bizarre." [Running Scared, p. 111]
You feel like an outcast. You don’t belong. You feel naked. While everyone else is walking around with their clothes on, you feel exposed and vulnerable. You are seen, and what others see is...
Speaker says psychology has commandeered "everything hard" and partitioned it from Scripture with the assumption that its causes are biological
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