Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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John Piper says that sin …"gets its power by persuading me to believe that I will be more happy if I follow it. The power of all temptation is the prospect that it will make me happier."
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 22, 2008
Let’s tell the truth: SIN CAN BE FUN! Well at least it is fun for a while. The reality is that sin always has consequences. And the consequences of sin are unpleasant.
The National Geographic reported in October 2005 that a 13-foot Burmese python had been found dead in the Florida’s Everglades
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 26, 2008
"True repentance hates sin for what it is-—an affront to God. Knowing that sin is evil and that God hates it motivates the truly repentant person to forsake it. Genuine repentance thus forsakes sin and turns in total commitment to
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Contributed by David Baeder on Nov 8, 2008
When Paul speaks of being dead to sin, he’s using a figure of speech. He is not referring to literal physical death. What does he mean? He means that sin is off limits. How many of you who are married can remember your wedding vows? When you got married did you pledge to “forsake all others”?
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 22, 2024
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Augustine's three stages of dealing with sin in the life of a believer:
STAGE ONE -- "Lord make me good, but not yet!"
STAGE TWO - "Lord, make me good, but not
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 22, 2024
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This was how Susannah Wesley defined "sin" to her young son, John Wesley:
"If you would judge of the lawfulness or the unlawfulness of pleasure, then take this simple rule:
Whatever weakens your reason,
Whatever impairs the tenderness of your conscience,
Whatever obscures your
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 22, 2025
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[065]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EARTH IS GOING TO REAP ITS SINFULNESS
“You will get what you deserve!” “I hope you get into lots of trouble.” These may be the sayings of children and the thoughts of adults. What they are all looking to is retribution. Retribution is usually associated with
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Contributed by Felix Ramirez on Apr 21, 2002
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La Madre Teresa de Calcuta. Sin entrar en detalles en cuanto a sus creencias religiosas queda bien claro que se trata de un gran ejemplo de servicio a los demás. A creyentes y ateos, cristianos o musulmanes, a todos les consta su entrega a su misión en la vida: servir a los pobres de la India.
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 27, 2002
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Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God. Not only is it sin, it is a perverse distortion of the image of the Creator in us. All these good things, and all our security, are rightly
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 6, 2004
Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God. Not only is it sin, it is a perverse distortion of the image of the Creator in us. All these good things, and all our security, are
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