Porn is Not Harmless. It's Cruel.
Justin Holcomb
(article) Porn is much more than an individual decision—it’s part of a system that preys on women and children and enslaves its viewers.
The Duty of Moderation
Tim Challies
(Article) Moderation eschews the antitheses of too little and too much, of austerity and excess, to find contentment within appropriate limits.
Do You Know How to Rebuke?
Marshall Segal
(Article) One reason rebuke is often underappreciated is because we have such small definitions for rebuke.
When You Should Confront Someone for their Sin
John Piper
(Video/Transcript) When you see sin or damaging behavior in someone else's life, how do you know when to keep quiet and when to speak with them?
When a Christian Leader Fails You
Kristen Wetherell
(Article) Leaders in the church aren't exempt from sin, so what are we to do when a respected Christian leader fails the church, in any context?
7 Good Reasons To Stop Looking at Porn Right Now
Tim Challies
(Article) I see the damage porn is doing and I see the despair of those who are caught up in it.
The Problem with Pet Sins
Paul Tautges
(Article) Cherished sins are among the most common reasons for unanswered prayer.
If God, Why Suffering?
Vince Vitale
Suffering is very real and very personal. Here are seven approaches to thinking about the challenge of suffering.
5 Ways Porn Lies To You
Tim Challies
We know now that nearly every boy and a great many girls will be exposed to it, struggle with it, and even become addicted to it.
Your 9-5 Is Not in Vain
Andre Yee What do you do when you experience fruitlessness or even failure in your work? How do you respond when your hard work yields poor results?
The Discipline of Watching
Tim Challies Holiness is repeatedly saying no to the small areas of sin on a consistent basis.
Sometimes Flight Is the Best Fight
Jon Bloom Don’t try to reason with your sin-infected appetites. An aroused appetite is almost always unreasonable. When a desire is awakened in you to indulge in some sin, your best defense is often escape.
Don’t Waste Your Awkwardness
Sammy Rhodes I probably should define awkwardness. What I mean is there’s a gap between what you are and what you should be, a disconnect between the real you and the ideal you. One of the saddest realities of life is the things we need to talk about the most we tend to talk about the least.
5 Wrong Ways to Talk About Sin
Derek Rishmawy If you’ve been around church long enough, though, you know there are plenty of ways to “talk about sin” that fall short of considering its full weight. I can think of at least five.
You Cannot Domesticate Pride
Erik Raymond A lot of times people flatter themselves and think that they can contain sin, pride in particular. They think that rather than sin mastering them they can master it. This type of thinking demonstrates a disaster waiting to happen. Pride is not something to be handled. It is not for you. It opposes and destroys.
4 Ways We Look to Food Instead of God
Tim Chester Before the fall, food was the way we expressed our obedience and trust in God. We obeyed God by eating from any tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. At the fall, food was the way we expressed our disobedience and mistrust of God...