How to Read Genesis 1–11: Asking Better Questions with C.S. Lewis

How to Read Genesis 1–11: Asking Better Questions with C.S. Lewis – “By understanding the nature and purpose of these chapters (an outcome achieved by asking the right questions), Christians today are strengthened to fight against temptation and to pursue our calling in the world as the people of God.”

The Temptation We Most Often Overlook

The Temptation We Most Often Overlook – “The sidelining of God, as demonstrated by the absence of fervent prayer—surely this is the great temptation of our times.”

 

5 Ways To Guard Against Sexual Sin

5 Ways To Guard Against Sexual Sin – These five biblical habits will build guardrails around your purity before God.

Satan’s Sales Pitch

Satan’s Sales Pitch – “It’s key to understand the nature of Adam and Eve’s disobedience and what part of Satan’s sales pitch specifically hooked them, because the same temptation snares us daily.”

The Wilderness of the Little Years: How Satan Tempts Tired Parents

The Wilderness of the Little Years: How Satan Tempts Tired Parents – “Get as close as you can to the Son who has gone before you, and prevailed for you, and now walks with you. And then trust him for what you and your kids need tomorrow.”

Why You Should Guard Your Heart, and 3 Ways to Do It

Why You Should Guard Your Heart, and 3 Ways to Do It – “So we guard our hearts. But how do we do that exactly? Here are three suggestions.”

How do you plan on fighting sin?

How do you plan on fighting sin? – “We will never drift or coast to victory over sin.  We will never stumble into it.  In fact in many cases we won’t fight it because we haven’t even identified it as a sin.  We’re going to think in this post about what it means to fight sin.”

Three Interlocking Forces

Three Interlocking Forces – “Wise Christians have classically identified three interlocking forces: the flesh, the world, and the devil.”

How Does Temptation Work?

How Does Temptation Work? – Here are four steps temptation takes.

Prayerlessness Comes Before a Fall

Prayerlessness Comes Before a Fall – “Let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall” (1 Corinthians 10:12).

 

How Does Temptation Work?

How Does Temptation Work? – “James informs us that the ultimate source of temptation is our own evil desire, lust, or craving that begins the cycle. Then, if we give in, it leads to sin and its consequences.”

Look Out! Preparing for ‘23!

Look Out! Preparing for ‘23! – “Solomon wrote thousands of proverbs. So when he writes, ‘Above all else…’ – that should get our attention. What is ‘above all else’ from Solomon’s perspective?”

No Longer Slaves to Sin

No Longer Slaves to Sin – “If God has chosen to apply Christ’s sacrifice to your soul’s sins and unite you with Christ in His death, the keys never turn in the other direction.”

Sin Is Never Inevitable: How to Escape Overwhelming Temptation

Sin Is Never Inevitable: How to Escape Overwhelming Temptation – “We are hardly the first to feel trapped, surrounded, hemmed in by the power of sin. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians suggests they felt the same.”

What Does It Mean to Enter into Temptation?

What Does It Mean to Enter into Temptation? – “Jesus doesn’t say, ‘Watch and pray, so you won’t be tempted.’ There is no way you can get into a place in the Christian life where you are no longer tempted. He says, ‘Watch and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation.’ Literally it says, ‘so that you will not enter into temptation.’”

Disorient, Distort, Deceive: Satan’s Core Strategy Against Us

Disorient, Distort, Deceive: Satan’s Core Strategy Against Us – “This dissection of Jesus’s temptation experience helps us examine not only the devil’s specific strategy with Jesus, but the core strategy he employs in every temptation.”

We Know Our Enemy’s Plans

We Know Our Enemy’s Plans – “He’s not creative but he’s very effective.”

Oldest Lie in the Book: ‘You Will Be like God’

Oldest Lie in the Book: ‘You Will Be like God’ – “Knowing something because you made it is the kind of knowledge God—and God alone—has of his universe.”

Who Called David’s Census—God or Satan?

Who Called David’s Census—God or Satan? – “Together, these passages make an important theological point: the Lord is ultimately in control of all temptations that come to us—and of those to which we give in.”

Driven by Awe: Fighting Sin

Driven by Awe: Fighting Sin – “When Christians think of fighting sin, we usually imagine strict self-discipline and saying ‘no’ to wrong desires. Certainly, self-control is one of the fruits of the Spirit and a means of helping us fight our sin. But, what if we had another tool given to us by the Spirit to help us overcome?”