I Am a Mocker

Holy Week – or Passion Week – is a very emotional week for my wife and I, for we always try to read the Scripture corresponding to the day that Christ was in that week.  Thus we can gain a sense of how things played out at a chronological level.  Chronological Bible reading is the most …

How To Kill Sin: Temptation (Part 2)

We are now in the second post in the five part series on killing sin.  The first post gave us a working definition of sin.  This post will give us a working definition of desire and temptation.  The goal is to heed John Owen's words, "Be killing sin, or sin be killing you." The question …

How to Kill Sin: Sin (Part 1)

This will be the first post in a five post series on killing sin.  My prayer is that it better equips you to engage in the war that sin has waged against your soul! You may feel trapped by sin.  You may know a friend that that has lost friendships and relationships due to sin.  …

No Benchwarmers in the Church

There are no benchwarmers in the church.  In baseball, there are benchwarmers.  In softball, there are benchwarmers.  In basketball, there are benchwarmers.  In football, there are benchwarmers.  We don't want the bench to get lonely, right? The silly thing about all of these sports is that people are so often content with a benchwarmer position.  Though …