Preacher: Pastor Ray In order to become a godly person, you need a good conscience. A conscience that is functioning properly will serve as a filter against sin and idolatry trying to enter and lodge itself in our hearts. Discussion Questions Read 1 Thess 5:22-24. The promise is that God can sanctify us completely and […]
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John Piper: So-Called Same-Sex Marriage – Lamenting the New Calamity
Jesus died so that heterosexual and homosexual sinners might be saved. Jesus created sexuality, and has a clear will for how it is to be experienced in holiness and joy. His will is that a man might leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and that the two become one flesh (Mark […]
Hebrews 12: Seek the Lord and Let Him Deliver You from Sin
Preacher: Pastor Ray Our Heavenly Father wants His children to seek Him so that He can deliver us from deeply rooted sins such as lust and bitterness. Discussion Questions The Lord wants you to seek Him so that He can deliver you from sin. Here are 3 observations from the Psalms: 1) Boastful words overflow […]
Acts 5: Scare the Hell Out of You
Why does God seem to judge the sin of hypocrisy in Ananias and Sapphira by killing them? Don’t we all sin and so why doesn’t God judge us in the same way? Discussion Questions – If God never changes, He is same yesterday, today, forever, then why does He treat the hypocrisy of Ananias and […]
2 and 3 John: You Know a Tree By Its Fruit
Dr. Heath Lambert: Can Jesus Heal Mental Illness? (pt 4 of 4)
In this post I want to talk about the relationship of suffering to the spiritual issues that our culture often refers to as mental illness. At times the biblical counseling movement has received a bad rap for equating the kinds of spiritual issues on the table in counseling with sin. I want to make clear that sins […]