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November 2011
Why Twilight Isn't Good No Matter How You Slice It
When it comes to our media choices, God's Word doesn't urge us to ask "Are parts of this harmless?" but rather "Is this holy?"
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The Dangers In Breaking Dawn
I'm not a Twilight fan. Actually, I feel more strongly than that. I would say that Twilight has done more to deceive young women and distort God's truth than any other book or movie in recent years.
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The Bare Facts: Is It Too Late For Me?
While it's true that the majority of you seem to be saving sex for marriage, for those of you who have sinned in this area we need to answer the question, "I'm not a virgin. Is it too late for me?"
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What's The Big Deal About Giving Thanks?
Over and over again, the Bible encourages us to be thankful. But why? Why does it matter if we thank God or not?
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Wide Hearts For The World's Pain
We may know in our heads that people are thrown in jail or prison camps because they love Jesus in distant places like Bahrain, Pakistan, and North Korea. But it's far easier to become obsessed with what that classmate might think of us than to think about the rest of the world.
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Reasons Not To Fast
Fasting is a theme we find woven throughout the entire Bible, and there are good reasons to do it. But there are also plenty of wrong reasons to take a break from food.
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A Crash Course On Fasting
Several months ago, one of you left me a comment asking for my advice about how to deal with a difficult situation. My response was to set aside some time to fast and pray. Your reaction surprised me. Many of you left comments saying that you wanted to know more about fasting ...
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All Those Little Things
I can't pinpoint the day or the time exactly when I realized the significance of small things, but I know that it changed my life forever.
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The Bare Facts: How Far Is Too Far?
Have you ever thought purity would be a lot easier to attain if the Bible clearly said, "Here is exactly how far you can go physically and remain pure"? Does it seem that if God drew a hard line in the sand, it would make it easier for you to know how to behave?
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Bailers
Has anyone every bailed on you? They said they would call, but the phone never rang. They said they'd help you with your homework, but they never showed up. It's not much fun to be on the receiving end of a broken promise, but we all have a tendency to bail.
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Calling All Princess Warriors!
You're in the middle of warfare, and the devil's not lounging in his La-Z-Boy while you obey God!
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Coasting Continued
King David, the "man after God's own heart," ended up having sex with another man's wife, tried to cover his tracks, and then had her husband killed. And do you know how the tragic tale begins?
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The Fire Hose
There are two sides to Christianity. Think of it like two parts of a fire hose—the spout and the knob you turn to get the water flowing. Both parts must exist for the hose to work correctly.
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The Bare Facts: Why Are God And the Bible So Negative About Sex?
When it comes to God's view of sex, many people, including Christians, have mistaken God's serious approach to the subject to be negativity toward the subject. God does take sex very seriously. But the picture He gives of sexuality is more intense, vibrant and well ... sexy ... than the view taught by the culture.
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Taking Your Questions About S-E-X
We live in a culture where sex is everywhere and purity has lost its meaning, leaving young women just like you to face tremendous sexual temptation without an understanding of God's truth on the subject.
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Just Coasting Through Life
What do you think? Is it possible to follow Jesus and "coast through life"?
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Trust
Your salvation doesn't depend on the strength of your faith; it depends on the strength of God's faithfulness to His promises.
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Two More Reasons To Pass On Halloween
It's hard to completely gloss over the fact that Halloween brings with it plenty of focus on unholy things and we tend to vote to keep those things coming back year after year with the way we spend our money and time around this holiday.
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