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Sin Blinds Us from Seeing Sin

When I was a teenager, I met a man who had this rather disturbing way of pointing out things that I found downright uncomfortable. In one discussion, ...


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"The Lord of the Rings": Struggling to Surrender Sin

In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, author J. R. R. Tolkien portrays the classic conflict between good and evil set in a mythical land ...


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When Gossip Destroyed Trust

It happened over a diet Coke at my friend Ann's house. As we both "tsk-tsked" about the escalating divorce rate, Ann, whose husband had ...


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Max Lucado Confesses Struggle

Author and pastor Max Lucado said that giving up beer helped him get closer to God. Lucado said, "I come from a family of alcoholism. If there's ...


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"Dorian Gray": Picture of Sin

Dorian Gray, based on an Oscar Wilde novel, is about a young, hedonistic British aristocrat of the late 1800s, Dorian Gray, who commissions his friend, ...


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Seeing Yourself in a Sermon

Following the Sunday morning service, the pastor stood at the back of the church, shaking hands with the worshipers as they left. As one man shook hands, ...


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Mutiny and Redemption on the "Bounty"

On April 28, 1789, Lieutenant William Bligh, commander of the H.M.S. Bounty, was awakened by men who "seizing me, tied my hands with a cord and threatened ...


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Seared Conscience

During my college years—in my infinite wisdom—it occurred to me that it made no sense to stop at red traffic lights when there was clearly ...


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The Effect of Seeing God

What's the natural response when you've seen God? You're convicted of sin. "Woe is me, for I am undone." The closer I walk with ...


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Jesus' Strategy Towards the Self-Righteous

Jesus never attacked the sinner. He simply said, "I forgive you." Meanwhile, he attacked the self-righteous with a vengeance, because he knew ...


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