Are you content with what God has given you? Or does resentment come to the surface when you see the good fortune of others? Envy can gnaw away at our hearts and damage our relationships.
Read More »Envy is not easily detected in our lives. It often lays hidden beneath the surface. And yet, there are subtle ways envy manifests itself in our interactions with others.
Read More »Envy has a way of sneaking up on us when we’re most vulnerable. When things are going poorly, here comes our neighbor with the new car and the seemingly perfect marriage and we wonder wouldn’t life be better if only . . .
Read More »Do you like to read the biographies of noted Christians? Why are the subjects of these biographies “noted”?
Read More »Being content with what you have isn’t easy. Is it even possible?
Read More »Do you think it is easier to diagnose a disease or to cure it?
When it comes to covetousness, is it easier to diagnose it or to cure it?
PURPOSE: To help listeners free themselves from a covetous spirit.
Do you think it is easier to diagnose a disease or to cure it?
Read More »What’s easier—diagnosing a disease or curing it? Because you can’t take care of it unless you realize it’s there.
Read More »A thing is not true because it’s in the Bible; it’s in the Bible because it’s true. Would you agree with that?
PURPOSE: To help listeners understand why they struggle to believe what seem to be clear statements in the Bible.
A thing is not true because it’s in the Bible; it’s in the Bible because it’s true. Would you agree with that?
Read More »One of the maxims I teach students is that a thing is not true because it’s in the Bible; a thing is in the Bible because it is true.
PURPOSE: To help listeners realize that both experience and the Scriptures show the fraud in a covetous life.
One of the maxims I teach students is that a thing is not true because it’s in the Bible; a thing is in the Bible because it is true.
Read More »One of the maxims I teach students is that a thing is not true because it’s in the Bible; a thing is in the Bible because it is true.
PURPOSE: To help listeners realize that both experience and the Scriptures show the fraud in a covetous life.
One of the maxims I teach students is that a thing is not true because it’s in the Bible; a thing is in the Bible because it is true.
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