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Son Asks His Father's Help to Avoid the Darkness
One weekend, author Paul Tripp gave his teenage son permission to spend the weekend at a friend's house. But during the weekend Paul received a call ...
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Businessman Changes a Woman's Life by Refusing Her Sexual Advances
Gary Thomas tells the following story about a friend of his who was on a business trip:
After the sessions an attractive young woman knocked on his hotel ...
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Information Alone Doesn't Change Behavior
In his book The Social Animal, David Brooks summarizes vast amounts of social science research by stating that "information programs alone are not ...
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Man Overcomes Gambling Addiction
Before serving as a Methodist minister from 2000 to 2010 near Nashville, Tennessee, John M. Eades spent two decades as a therapist counseling drug and ...
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Young Man Learns How to Overcome Lust
In his book The Obedience Option, David Hegg illustrates what he calls "overwhelming faith." Hegg was talking to a young man who claimed that ...
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Crowd Pressure Influences “Home Field Advantage”
Sports fans around the world can rely on one fact about their sport: the home team wins more often than the visiting team. A 2011 Sports Illustrated article ...
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Expert Claims That Self-control Is Better Than Intelligence
After the 2010 tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona, Scientific American published an online article entitled: "What Causes Someone to Act on Violent ...
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What Tempts Men and Women
A survey of 3,000 U.S. adults identifies the differences and similarities between what men and women say tempts them the most:
Sex: Men (50 percent), Women ...
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Showing Dignity at Airline Ticket Counter
In an article for Leadership journal, Gordon MacDonald shares the story of a friend who was caught in the middle of a nasty church conflict that had spun ...
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Choosing the Easy Route When Battling Temptation
Jack Handey, known for his odd sense of humor frequently expressed in an old Saturday Night Live segment titled "Deep Thoughts," wrote an equally ...
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