Posted in Sin on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Boundless Line has an interesting post today:
According to this msnbc article, those who identify themselves as moral may become the worst cheats.
In the new study, detailed in the November issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology, researchers find that when this line between right and wrong is ambiguous among people who think of themselves as [...]
Posted in Sin, Thoughts on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Often I need reminders, and God knew from the very beginning that man is forgetful. The Israelites place stones for remembrance and practiced the Passover. Jesus commands us to take the bread and the cup in remembrance of Him. Paul commands us to keep on considering ourselves dead to sin.
Very often in my life I [...]
Posted in Articles, Heart, Sin on November 17, 2007 | No Comments »
A quick concordant search of the ESV shows that the word “harden” in various forms is used 42 times, with 41 referring to the heart in some way. (Some references have God hardening the heart of man, which I understand to be as the ultimate cause, for we are responsible for our hardening as [...]
Posted in Heart, Quotes, Sin on October 7, 2007 | No Comments »
This is the danger of earthbound treasure:
The person you met and mildly enjoyed becomes the person whose approval you cannot live without. The work you undertook to support your family becomes the source of identity and achievement you can’t give up. Thehouse you built for the shelter and comfort of your family becomes a temple [...]
Posted in Heart, Personal, Sin on October 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I do not admit to driving dangerously nor grieving other drivers. In fact, I consider myself a very good driver. Yet as I was commuting home this afternoon I realized the depth of my depravity as evidenced through my driving, and how our attitudes on the road are very much a litmus test of our [...]
Posted in Articles, Files, Links, Resources, Sin on September 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It is my privilege to commend to you the blog of Jonathan Dodson called Creation Project. Jonathan is the author of a wonderful article in the Journal of Biblical Counseling entitled Accountability Groups which I recently cited for my paper on Repentance vs. Penance, and it can be downloaded here. (pdf link) There are some [...]
Posted in Articles, Family, Relationships, Sin on September 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Rob Wilkerson has an excellent post at his blog, Miscellanies on the Gospel. Here is an excerpt:
The lesson here is this: the motivation in telling is telling. In other words, perceiving one’s motivation for telling one someone else is 99% of the story they are telling. If they are telling to get someone in trouble, [...]
Posted in Articles, Quotes, Sin, Theology, Thoughts on September 23, 2007 | No Comments »
The first occurrence of the word “repent” furnishes the key to its meaning and scope. In Genesis 6:6 we read, “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth.” The language is figurative, for He who is infinite in wisdom and immutable in counsel never changes His mind. This is plain [...]
Posted in Articles, Bible, News, Sin on September 22, 2007 | No Comments »
A.J. Jacobs spent a year following every rule of the Bible, or at least attempting to. Newsweek has an interview with him for his upcoming book. As a self-identified agnostic, he has quite a few interesting statements that are worth reading. For example:
Posted in Articles, Family, News, Personal, Sin, Thoughts on September 13, 2007 | No Comments »
For your consideration, there was an article in the Telegraph entitled Babies not as innocent as they pretend. I suppose this is only a confirmation by secular sources of what we would expect from a sin nature, albeit within adorable babies. Here is a good quote:
Following studies of more than 50 children and interviews with [...]
