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Tag Archives: behaviors
Are You Living With Bloodsucking Leeches?
A man saw a guy with leeches on his neck and said to him: “Hey, you’ve got leeches on your neck and need to get them off.” The guy with the bloodsucking leeches snapped back: “Who are you to criticize … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, lifestyles, Quotations, Quotes, criticism, change, change management, thoughts, thinking, recovery, alternative lifestyle, morality, morals, repent, conscience, guilt, conversion, habit, quote, wake-up call, complacency, wages of sin, deliverance, harmful habit, judgments, compassion, repentance, clear conscience, temptation, corrupt culture, conviction of sin, compromise, What would Jesus do?, love, attitude, Charles Spurgeon, unhappiness, confession
Tagged sins, attitudes, behaviors, leeches, judging people, harmful habits, sucking the life out, bloodsucking
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The Living God Is Convicting . . .
The Living God is convicting . . . He confronts our sin. God is challenging . . . He pulls us out of our comfort zone. God is disquieting . . . He overturns our apple carts. Is the living … Continue reading
Posted in alternative lifestyle, Christ, Christianity, church, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, kingdom of God, Music City, Nashville, religion, repent, salvation, saved, Savior, snow, spiritual, spiritual disciplines, spiritual formation, spiritual growth, spiritual skills, spiritual warfare
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Christmas Is About Judgment
Here’s a surprise: Christmas is about dealing with judgment. Our sinful thoughts, choices, and behaviors have been judged and we are guilty and condemned men and women. If our condemnation is merely canceled, the result would be chaos and injustice. … Continue reading
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Thinking Through A Tutu Thought About Conscience
Here’s a quotation from Desmond Tutu: “For every act of evil there are a dozen acts of goodness in our world. It is only because we believe that people should be good that we despair when they are not.” Do … Continue reading
Posted in alternative lifestyle, boundaries, conscience, Desmond Tutu, education, evil, evolution, feelings, guidance, life, lifestyles, materialism, mind, morality, morals, motivation, mysticism, non-material reality, Quotations, Quotes, recovery, self-esteem, self-help, self-image, soul, spiritual, supernatural, thinking, thoughts, Uncategorized, values
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The Best Kind Of Sex
Our society ignores the very best kind of sex. You almost never hear about it. TV and movies nowadays picture almost every kind of sex but this. I wonder why? Instead our sex-crazed culture focuses on and promotes casual sex … Continue reading
Posted in adultery, alternative lifestyle, best kind of sex, casual sex, drugs, marriage, morality, popular culture, sex, sex in marriage, television, Uncategorized, values
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Modern Myth #11 — Cravings & Compulsions Are Uncontrollable
Did Moses come down from the mountain with an 11th Commandment: “Thou cannot resist thy cravings and thy compulsions so do your thang man?” I don’t think that came from Moses, but it is a widespread myth in today’s world. … Continue reading
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Should People Have The Right To Make Other People Say Wrong Is Right?
Nobody should have the right to make other people say that wrong is right? Everybody should have the right to believe in right and wrong and to freely express their belief. However, the right to believe in right and wrong has been … Continue reading
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