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Tips on How to Help A Friend Struggling with Porn
This is adapted from an email I wrote in response to the question of how to help a good friend who is battling porn addiction: Really important to emphasize God’s grace and forgiveness to your friend....
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Porn and the Unpardonable
Because of the craziness of our struggles with porn and other hangups it’s easy to begin to believe that we’ve come to the end of God’s grace and committed the unpardonable sin. I know that I’ve...
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Truth Brings Sobriety
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 I’ve been asked what it took for me to finally come out of the “porn fog”...
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Just Peace.
Just Peace. I took Greek class at 7 am for an entire year as a Theology major. It was tough to get there but my professor always kept it interesting. I’m still amazed at how he could take small...
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The Best Leaders Do This
I’ve heard it said that the best leaders are the one’s who have learned how to lead themselves. I agree with that notion wholeheartedly and yet I find it to be the hardest thing to do on a consistant...
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The Benefits of Speaking Up
When my kids were younger my wife and I would always tell them to “use their words” rather than scream, or whine. I’m convinced that most of us guys want to “use our words” but it’s extremely awkward...
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Give Courageously
Courageous Generosity I didn’t grow up in a wealthy home by any stretch of the imagination. But as an only child (my wife calls me “spoiled”) there was never a time that I went without. My parents...
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I Hope You Dance
I Hope You Dance I heard New Testament scholar Scot McKnight speak at a conference a while back. Then I learned about his book called, The Jesus Creed. I haven’t finished reading it yet, but I did...
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“Inspired? Or …
“Inspired? Or just tired!? The question I believe we face in my denomination (and perhaps others) is whether we’re going to be a place where people are inspired or just tired. Movements inspire....
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Not Playing for Peanuts
Risk Here’s a story I came across recently. It made me think about our need to take bigger risks for the kingdom in the coming year: A lady was going through the Philadelphia Zoo, and she saw the...
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“The greatest t…
“The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.” Rick Warren, Purpose Driven Life
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5 Talking Points on Sexual Integrity
5 Talking Points on Sexual Integrity Yesterday I spent some time with a guy who is struggling greatly with porn and sexual sin. It cost him his first marriage and very well may cost him his current...
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Pornography: The Enemy of Intimacy
Created for Intimacy We were made for intimacy. When Jesus described the “greatest command” he said it was to: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your...
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Less Hero, More Light
Less Hero, More Light As a kid I spent hours pretending to be my favorite Super hero Superman. Since I didn’t have a real red cape I regularly scavenged through my mother’s linen closet to see what...
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“If it’s import…
“If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.” -XXXChurch.com
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#3 The Key to Sustained Victory
Our Purpose Matters As a teenager and into my twenties I spent my summers working at a beautiful summer camp situated on a massive lake in Arkansas. Because of the lake, one of the main features of the...
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#4 Something More than Change
Transformation I used an illustration in a sermon recently where I took a rubber ball and a soda can up on stage. I used the items to demonstrate the difference between a temporary “change” and the...
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Lance’s Story not “Beyond”
Lance Armstrong I’ll confess, I believed Lance Armstrong, I believed him to the point that I was annoyed at all his so-called, “postal service teammates” that were throwing him under the bus, and...
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Africa Mission Trip
My oldest daughter and I are off to serve on a shirt term mission trip to Tanzania, Africa. I’m extremely excited to share this time with her. I’m praying for God to reveal Himself to both of us in a...
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#5 Helping others Break Free & The 3 R’s
What are you doing? The 5th and final “Talking Point” has to do with the reality that when someone experiences a real breakthrough, there is an authentic desire to help others be free. With new life...
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