Have you ever made a promise that you really, really regretted making? Maybe you volunteered to help someone move without getting all the details, only to discover it was a second-floor apartment with no elevator. Or perhaps you committed to coaching your kid's team,...
A Guide for Church Members What Is the Alice in Wonderland Technique? The Alice in Wonderland technique is a form of psychological manipulation used by cults and social media to break down people's ability to think clearly and make independent decisions. Named after...
James Boice once said, "What a short step there is between a great victory and a great defeat. One moment you're riding high on a cloud of some great spiritual success, and the next moment you're plunged into the dark valley of some grim spiritual failure." How true...
Why Faith Celebrates Early In Joshua 6:16, we get to the climax: "And at the seventh time, Joshua said to the people, 'Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.'" The shout wasn't a war cry. It was a celebration. Joshua is telling the people of Israel to praise God...
We try to use human weapons against spiritual strongholds, don't we? We try willpower, self-discipline, behavior modification, rehab, therapy, and finding a new hobby. Listen, some of those things can be helpful, don't mishear me, but they're not divine weapons. If...
I was talking to some people recently, and something I hear a lot is that they struggle with being a Christian, sometimes for five years, 10 years, 15 years, and they feel like they're fighting the same battles over and over. The same sin, again and again. It's a...
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