“To believe that people are basically good after Auschwitz, the Gulag and other horrors of our century, is a statement of irrational faith, as irrational as any fanatical religious belief. …
Sinful Nature
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“Don’t kid yourself – sin is an on-ramp to death.”
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Robert Schuller on Sinful Nature
“I don’t think anything has been done in the name of Christ and under the banner of Christianity that has proven more destructive to human personality and, hence, counterproductive to …
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Being Good Will Never Be Good Enough
Millions of people – perhaps billions – believe they can win God’s approval and earn eternal life by “being good” – even if they’ve “been bad” in the past. Their …
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Satan’s Persuasion
You don’t think the Devil can talk you into Hell? He talked angels out of Heaven!
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California Sober?
Growing up in the intense spotlight of fame took its toll on pop star, Demi Lovato, causing the talented young singer to cope with her highly public life through alcohol …
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Thomas Watson on Sin
“Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.”
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D. A. Carson on Backsliding
“People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise …
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“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies …
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“Teaching is like a mirror. It can show you if your face is dirty, but the mirror will not wash your face.”