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Category Archives: depravity
Living Backwards
Are we 21st Century Western Christians living backwards? Resisting the Holy Spirit’s promptings . . . While obeying the seductive commands of our culture; And fulfilling our own desires.
Posted in conpulsions, corrupt culture, cravings, depravity, desires, destructive actions, living backwards, lust, self, self-control, self-denial, self-destruction, self-discipline, self-esteem, self-focus, self-produced, self-will, selfish desires
Tagged 21st Century, culture, religion, self, Western Christians
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A Christ*mas Thought (Should’ Christ’s Views Be In Christmas?)
A Christ*mas Observation . . . *Jesus commanded: “Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Me.” *Our culture demands: “Gratify yourself, medicate your cross, and follow your feelings, cravings, and compulsions.” –Which will produce a healthy society? fulfillment *Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in belief, celebration, celebrations, Christ, Christmas shopping, Christmas shopping season, Christmas traditions, cultural taboos, culture, current condition, current events, customs, deny yourself, depravity, drugs, Happy Holidays, holiday, holidays, Jesus, Jesus Christ, materialism, popular culture, religion, self-focus, selfish desires, sex, thoughts, tradition
Tagged a healthy society, Christmas, holiday season, new normal, self-fulfillment, words of Jesus
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Is Soicety Reaping The Violence It’s Been Showing?
Is society reaping the graphic violence it’s been showing for decades in movies, on TV, and in video games? Can that be a factor in the evil acts of random mass murder being frequently committed in America? Does showing scenes … Continue reading
Posted in agenda, censorship, cheating, choice, commercials, compliance, compromise, conscience, controversy, criticism, current events, cyber space, cyberworld, depravity, destruction of the family, destructive actions, dishonesty, disrespect, epidemic, evil spirits, feelings, graphic violence, guilt, heart-felt love, honesty, hope, injustice, lies, lifestyles, Maria Weston Chapman, media, media circus, mind, modeling, modern myths, moral failure, moral failures, moral principles, moral restraints, morality, morals, movie, movies, MTV, nonviolence, peacemaking, popular culture, prayer, pull of evil, Quotations, quote, Quotes, real world, reality TV, recovery, reformation, repentance, right and wrong, right conduct, right living, self-destruction, self-inflicted, selfish desires, service, sex, sexual problems, sexually transmitted diseases, smoking, social media, societal, society, suffering, thoughts, TV, TV network, unhappiness, unkindness, video, video games, viewer discretion advised, wake-up call
Tagged brainwashing, cause of violence, evil, mass murder, shooting in Connecticut, shootings in America, television, violence, violence on TV
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“First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it.” –Thomas Manton
Posted in choice, corrupt culture, criticism, defend, defense, denial, depravity, depression, disapproval, discomfort, dishonesty, disrespect, human nature, human rights, judge, judgment, lifestyles, meaning, moral failures, moral principles, moral restraints, morality, morality-phobic, morals, post-Christianity, rebellion, recovery, repent, repentance, seduction, seduction of self-destruction, self, self-destruction, self-produced, selfish desires
Tagged contemporary culture, quotations, quotes, sin, Thomas Manton
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A Society That Flaunts Casual Sex Creates Continuous Problems
A society that flaunts casual sex creates continuous problems: An epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases. Increase in health care costs to treat those diseases. Increase in sexual addiction. Fatherless children. Deadbeat dads. Increase in adultery. Widespread and popular promiscuity. Broken … Continue reading
Posted in abortion, addictions, adultery, brainwashing, broken homes, broken marriages, casual sex, choice, contemporary, contemporary society, controversy, cultural taboos, current events, deadbeat dads, depravity, destruction of the family, destructive actions, disease, epidemic, epidemics, fatherless children, guilt, habit, health, health care costs, life, marriage, meaninglessness, media, media circus, misery, moral principles, moral restraints, morality, morals, philosophy, political correctness, popular culture, pornography, pre-natal, pro choice, pro life, problems, prochoice, promiscuity, prostitutes, prostitution, reaping what you sow, resentment, seduction, self, self-control, self-respect, selfish desires, sexual addiction, sexual fulfillment, sexual problems, sexually transmitted diseases, single moms, tolerance, values, vulgarity, welfare, Western world
Tagged addiction, casual sex, health care, human trafficking, poverty, sex, sexuality, society
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Are Your Selfish Desires Evil?
Peter (who once was Jesus’ most impulsive disciple, but overcame it to become one of the most solid apostles) wrote that believers have “escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” Have you? Or have you bought the … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Peter, alternative lifestyle, Apostle Peter, apostles, brain, brainwashed, brainwashing, challenges, Christ, Christ followers, Christian, Christian history, Christian values, compulsion, conscience, conversion, corrupt culture, deliverance, depravity, disciple making, disciples, escaped the corruption in the world, faith, free will, freedom, harmful thinking, holiness, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Take The Wheel, lifestyle Christianity, lifestyles, makes change, moral principles, moral restraints, morality, morals, obedience, pull of evil, Quotations, quote, Quotes, recovery, right and wrong, right conduct, right living, righteousness, selfish desires, sin, Spirit-led, spiritual formation, the Word, thoughts, values, wages of sin
Tagged Bible, brainwashing, Christianity, evil, evil desires, religion, selfish desires
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