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Earnestness: Proof of Holiness?

One trouble with earnestness is that those who are possessed by it so often take it as proof certain that they are on God's side.


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Two Faces

No man can for any considerable time wear one face to himself and another to the multitude without finally getting bewildered as to which is the true ...


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Sin's Deception

When John Belushi died in the spring of 1983 of an overdose of cocaine and heroin, a variety of articles appeared, including one in U.S. News and World ...


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Evil in a Pretty Package

Every temptation that comes to me is packaged as a good.


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Blind to One's Own Faults

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.


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Playing God

There are two sins of man that are bred in the bone, and that continually come out in the flesh. One is self-dependence and the other is self-exaltation. ...


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What Price Danger?

No one can quantify the risk of transmission [of AIDS] in the population at large. But whether it is one in ten or one in 10,000 for a single encounter, ...


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Minimizing Sin

Promoting evangelism or bolstering self-esteem may seem far easier if you represent man's plight as a mere fly in the ointment rather than a poisoned ...


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Whitewashed Tombs

The Queen Mary was the largest ship to cross the oceans when it was launched in 1936. Through four decades and a world War she served until she was retired, ...


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The Wrong Measuring Stick

A little boy once told his mother that he was six feet tall. When she doubted the statement, he assured her that he had just measured himself. His calculations ...


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