What Does It Mean to Own Your Sin?

What Does It Mean to Own Your Sin? – “If owning my sin is taking responsibility for it, then what are some signs I’m owning my sin?”

No One Who Abides In Him Keeps On Sinning

No One Who Abides In Him Keeps On Sinning – “John is not condemning the one who is seeking to overcome sin, but the one who habitually gives into sin without repenting.”

How Cancel Culture Points to the Gospel

How Cancel Culture Points to the Gospel – “Christians, of all people, should be well practiced in repentance.”

Heaven Celebrates Every Repentant Sinner

Heaven Celebrates Every Repentant Sinner - “There will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.”

Don’t Be A Fig Leaf

Don’t Be A Fig Leaf – “As recipients of grace and forgiveness, Christians should be quick to be gracious and forgiving. But extending grace should include encouraging fellow believers to admit and confront sin so that they can experience the grace and forgiveness that only comes from Christ.” 

 

He doesn’t want your hand, He wants your heart

He doesn’t want your hand, He wants your heart – Take sin seriously.”

What Does It Really Mean To Repent?

What Does It Really Mean To Repent? – “Once a person moves from non-believer to believer, they tend not to see the importance of maintaining a posture of repentance.”

A Letter to My Old Self

A Letter to My Old Self –  “I don’t serve you anymore. You can keep clawing your way back—and sometimes you’ll succeed—but you are, in very real sense, already dead. You’re certainly dead to me. You have no power over me anymore. I serve Christ, not you.”

 

Any Unchecked Sin Is Ruinous

Any Unchecked Sin Is Ruinous – “We must not put off until tomorrow the repentance that is needed today.”

The Refuge of Repentance

The Refuge of Repentance – “If you’re hiding sin and wasting away in the darkness. Listen to the invitation of the shepherd king, who knew all about hiding.”

The Room in Your House No One Knows About

The Room in Your House No One Knows About – “Many of us maintain secret rooms in our spiritual houses which need to be cleaned and disinfected and aired out.  We’re talking about repentance of sin, and healing and a new holiness.”

There is a Crack in Everything (Including Us)

There is a Crack in Everything (Including Us) – “The first step in becoming like Jesus is acknowledging how unlike Jesus we are.”

People Who Need to Tremble Before God

People Who Need to Tremble Before God – “Asked for the greatest thought he’d ever had, Andrew Murray is said to have answered, ‘My accountability to God.’ That’s what is missing in the minds and hearts and lives of some of the fiercest of troublemakers who wreak havoc in the Lord’s churches.”

The Path Back to God

The Path Back to God – “When you’ve drifted away from God, how do you get back to him?”

When You Hear of a Scandal

When You Hear of a Scandal – As noted here, it is a good time to audit your own heart.

The Story of the Carrot, the Egg, and the Coffee Bean

The Story of the Carrot, the Egg, and the Coffee Bean – How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

From Rage to Repentance

From Rage to Repentance – “Hamid unexpectedly walked in just as the service was beginning. At once I felt anxious chills in the back of my head and neck, my body’s way of telling me that it feels threatened.”

Consider Yourself Dead to Sin

Consider Yourself Dead to Sin – “We have already given too much of our lives doing things godless people do. It is time we consider ourselves dead to sin (Romans 6:11).”

The Unrepenting Repenter

The Unrepenting Repenter – “The deceived repenter would be a worse sinner if he could, but society holds him back. He can tolerate and even enjoy other worldly professing Christians and pastors well enough, but does not desire holy fellowship or the fervent warmth of holy worship.”

How to Give (and Receive) Repentance

How to Give (and Receive) Repentance – How can we live in community when we’re offended by and offending others? Here’s a place to start.