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Is Justification Without Sanctification Possible? | Video
In our time, the Gospel has widely been repackaged and redefined as simply a decision to accept Jesus as Savior, but somehow it is disconnected from any meaningful change in a person’s life… The post...
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Finding Forgiveness and Hope After an Abortion | Video
Pastor Colin Smith talks about what it will be like for mothers or fathers who made the choice to end the life of an unborn child, and have come to regret the choice they made. He answers the question...
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Confession in the Bible: Verses About Confessing Your Sins
When many people hear ‘confessing your sin’, they think it reserved for monks in a monastery or of paying penance to God by entering a church confessional. But Scripture teaches us it is an important...
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Five Marks of a Truly Forgiven Person | J.C. Ryle
Below is an excerpt from J.C. Ryle’s “5 Marks of a Forgiven Soul. Let me now give you some marks of having found forgiveness. I dare not leave out this point. Too many people presume they are forgiven,...
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Four Warning Signs You May Be Wandering from the Truth
Some have wandered away… 1 Timothy 1:6 It’s very rare that anyone ever decides to abandon the truth. What happens much more often is that people wander. It happens gradually. It happens when you do...
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When Sin Doesn’t Wash Away So Easily
Have you ever wished that God would make it so you could never sin again? Maybe there is a sin in your life that you keep coming back to, and you feel like you will never break free from the tight...
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Six Strides Toward Forgiveness
Imagine standing right next to a hurdle on a race track. You can’t jump a hurdle from a standing start. You have to take a run at it. Often we get focused on one sin, one problem, one issue that we...
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What Football Can Teach Us About Battling Sin
The Christian life is a life filled with many battles and the battle against sin is always with us. It’s a long warfare. Every time you say “Yes” to a sin, you increase its power in your life and you...
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A Prayer for Those Battling Sin
Puritan theologian John Owen wrote the classic work The Mortification of Sin in 1656 to analyze and apply what Paul meant in Romans 8:13 when he said, “For if you live according to the flesh you will...
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I Hope You Don’t Have an Itsy-Bitsy Easter | Video
“There is always an enormous temptation in all of life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for itsy-bitsy years on end. It is so self-conscience, so apparently moral…I...
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Three Ways to Put Away Bitterness through the Gospel
Where does bitterness come from? For me, it springs up when an incident is brought to remembrance that still evokes anger and disappointment. It may be the result of someone sinning against me or...
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Debt-Free Living
In January 2015, the eastern European nation of Croatia canceled the debt of its poorest citizens. The prime minister convinced the banks, cities, companies, and telecommunications providers to forgive...
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Is Justification Without Sanctification Possible? | Video
In our time, the Gospel has widely been repackaged and redefined as simply a decision to accept Jesus as Savior, but somehow it is disconnected from any meaningful change in a person’s life… The post...
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Of Serial Killers, Hidden Sins, and Forgiveness in Christ
“How can you not know your own father was a serial killer?” That question fueled the lunchtime discussion between my coworkers and me. A coworker’s friend met the daughter of a famous serial killer....
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God Will Give You More Than You Can Handle (R.D. McClenagan, For The Church) God will give you more than you can handle. Guaranteed. When God Says “No” or “Wait” (Linda Green, True Woman) …while [God]...
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Bible Q&A: How Could Jesus Offer Forgiveness to Unrepentant People?
Question: If God doesn’t forgive us until we repent, then at the cross why did Jesus say, “Forgive them, Father, for they do not know what they do” (Luke 23:34) to people who clearly had no intention...
View ArticleBible Q&A: Have I Committed the Unforgivable Sin?
Question: Have I committed the unforgivable sin? Answer: Hi, this is Pastor Tim from Unlocking the Bible. Pastor Colin asked me to thank you for your good question and respond to you. I want you to...
View ArticleThree Ways God Deals with Your Shame
I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself. (Genesis 3:10) Moments after God spoke his good creation into being, Adam spoke to God the first...
View ArticleSix Things You Need to Know About God’s Wrath
As peace is a truth widely loved, wrath is a truth widely loathed. Many in the history of the church has been embarrassed by God’s wrath and have wanted to revise this biblical truth. Yet, this theme...
View ArticleBible Q&A: Do I Need to Confess Every Sin to Be Forgiven?
Question: Pastor Smith made a statement that “God only forgives the sins that we confess.” My question is in regard to the inference that the sins we do not confess are unforgiven. The problem I see is...
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