My college philosophy professor had once been extremely overweight, but through a doctor’s care had shed the excess weight and has kept it off for decades. How? He would say, “just eat less!” To him, weight loss was a simple matter of willpower. If you need to lose weight, stop eating all the bad things.Continue reading “HOW DO YOU RESIST TEMPTATION? Genesis 20:3-7.”
Category Archives: Temptation
Can You Resist All Temptations? 1 Corinthians 10:13
Oscar Wilde said, “I can resist anything except temptation.” That’s funny. What a great line. Have you ever faced a difficult temptation? (All temptations are difficult, aren’t they?) Do you make excuses? Do you give in because you had a bad day? Or because you are sick, or tired, or hungry? Do you tell yourselfContinue reading “Can You Resist All Temptations? 1 Corinthians 10:13”
GET THEE BEHIND ME. Matthew 16:23
I have said a lot of harsh things over the years. But I have never seen anyone turn pale the way my friend Robb once did. In high school, we used to go to Pappy’s for a meal after church every Sunday night. There might be five of us—or there might be fifty. One night,Continue reading “GET THEE BEHIND ME. Matthew 16:23”
Whose Concerns Matter Most? Matthew 16:23.
When Jesus spoke of His imminent death, Peter interrupted: “Oh no, Master! This will never happen to you!” Jesus looked at him, shaking his head, maybe, and said: “Get thee behind me, Satan, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God but of man” Matthew 16:23. How’s that for a stingingContinue reading “Whose Concerns Matter Most? Matthew 16:23.”
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