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In Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail one of the running jokes is that when faced with danger the great brave knights shout, “Run Away! Run Away!” As humorous as it is in the movie it’s the wisest of counsel for Christ’s people when we face the danger of sin
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Contributed by Howard Parnell on Sep 18, 2002
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A counselor was trying to help a man who had come forward during an evangelistic meeting. "I’m a Christian," the man said, "but there’s sin in my life, and I need help." The counselor showed him I Jn. 1:9 and suggested that the man confess his sins to God.
"Oh Father," the man began, "if we have
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Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 12, 2010
CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR YOU
We’ve all heard the old saying, "Confession is good for the soul." Even in non-Christian and non-spiritual circles, people believe that to be true. Psychologists or psychiatrists would say that when we confess our wrong actions, words, and thoughts, it’s like a burden is
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Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2009
Peterson observed further “The story of David is not a story of what God wants us to be, but a story of God working with the raw material of our lives as he finds us” and he also then writes “Naivety regarding sin is dangerous as we follow Jesus, but an obsession with sin is decidedly unhealthy. It
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 19, 2025
[138]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – IF YOU LIVE IN SIN YOU WILL NEVER WIN
There is nothing truer than the title of this poem. Those who live in sin and claim it as their own will never win in the end.
Asaph who wrote Psalm 73 had a problem when he observed people. The godless were always
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Nov 29, 2008
Billy Sunday once said, “I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot, and I’ll fight it as long as I’ve got a fist. I’ll bite it as long as I’ve got a tooth. And when I’m old and
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Contributed by Brian Eatock on Jan 23, 2006
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A girl knelt in the confessional and said, "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned."
"What is it, child?"
"Father, I have committed the sin of vanity. Twice a day I gaze at myself in the mirror and tell myself how beautiful I am."
The priest turned, took a good look
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Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 3, 2003
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There is a doctrine that is becoming popular that teaches that a Christian can reach a point in their lives where sin no longer has an effect on them. They cease to sin. Of course this totally goes against the Word of God. Hopefully, as we grow and mature as Christians sin has less of a hold on
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 7, 2002
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We are sometimes like the man who was eating Limburger cheese and got it in his mustache. He first stated that the room smelled rotten. Then the front porch, he then stepped out into the yard and exclaimed, “The whole world is
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Today it seems that all you have to do to sell a product is include some natural herb or mineral with it. Products ranging from shampoo to diet pills have all jumped on the “all natural” bandwagon. Just because something is all natural does not make it better or safe. There is one word in our
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Contributed by Eric Bland on Jun 16, 2003
Why do kids hide when they are doing something wrong?
Let me give you an example. My son Luke is a year old and one day when my wife and I were in the living room, Luke found himself into the kitchen trash. He quietly exited the kitchen and came into the living room, behind a couch where he
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Contributed by Eric Bland on Jun 20, 2003
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Imagine what a person, who has been smoking for fifty years, what their lungs would look like. That's what we would look like to God. All black and chard, stinky and crusty. When you're a smoker it?s not apparent to those that do not actually see a cigarette in your hand but the destruction
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 27, 2003
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The scene was San Diego Superior Court. Two men were on trial for armed robbery. An eyewitness took the stand, and the prosecutor moved carefully:
“So, you say you were at the scene when the robbery took place?”
“Yes.”
“And you saw a vehicle leave at a high rate of speed?”
“Yes.”
“And did you
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