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New Year, New Self-Control
A new year is upon us, and unless this one is much different from others, our conversations will be laden with talk of fitness goals and holiday diet missteps. The new year is traditionally a time for...
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The Millennial Generation's Acceptable Sin
Every human institution and society has its own list of sins and virtues that contradict the law of God. With the rise of the Millennial generation in evangelical churches, a vice is creeping up into...
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Down with the Tyrant!
Tyrannical rule normally ends badly. Bullying bishops, strong-handed elders, and death-dealing dictators often see their abusive power structures collapse under their own weight. However, the timing of...
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How's Your Bible Reading Going?
January has come and gone. A little more than 8 percent of 2013 has already passed. Now is an especially good time to ask ourselves (and each other!) how our personal Bible reading is going. Many of us...
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Commitment-Free Critics and the 'Christian Virginity Cult'
You may have noticed the recent volley of criticism against the evangelical sex culture. No, not the trends toward loose morals, but the Christian fascination with virginity and purity. The casualties...
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I'm Not Afraid to Raise Daughters
I am standing with both of them, the one who looks like me on the left and the one who looks like her father on my right. They are tall, tall as me, and full of the willowy grace of hastily retreating...
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Your Womanhood Is Not on Hold
My life hasn't always gone the way I planned. I thought I would be married by the time I graduated from college. I wasn't. I thought for sure I would have at least two children by my 10-year high...
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F.L.E.E.—A Strategy for Pursuing Sexual Purity
We're supposed to flee from things that can kill us. Active volcanoes, oncoming traffic, and snakes come to mind. So should sexual immorality. To Christians in a sexually confused culture, Paul issued...
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Is Self-Sacrifice Ultimately Selfish?
If sacrificing my interests for another's sake makes me feel good about myself, is my so-called "act of kindness" selfish at its core? Most of us don't know how to answer. Does tithing just make me...
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Gospel-Centered Manhood: Three Correctives
As a man entering my late 20s, I've been thinking a lot lately about what it means to grow in masculinity in a God-honoring way. Men my age hear a Babel of voices telling us what manhood looks like. I...
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Gospel-Centered Manhood: The Cultivator
How does work fit into a man's life? Young men in particular hear conflicting answers to this question. Is it a measuring stick for my self-worth? Is it the means to earn a good life for my family and...
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If You Still Think You've Arrived
Editors' note: Last week Paul Tripp offered four warning signs that pastors think they've arrived: Think you don't need what you preach. Not be open to the ministry of the body of Christ. Expect of...
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Extend the Same Grace You Preach
I did it for years. I was good at it, but I didn't know it. It shaped how I preached and how I sought to pastor people. If you would have questioned my theology, I would have been offended. I was an...
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Confession Time for Pastors
When the dirty task (washing the soiled feet of proud disciples) had been completed, Jesus looked at his disciples and said, "If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to also...
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5 Signs You Glorify Self
It is important to recognize the harvest of self-glory in you and in your ministry. May God use this list to give you diagnostic wisdom. May he use it to expose your heart and to redirect your...
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The Self-Righteous Wife
I've spoken to newly married girlfriends who have shared their frustrations with their new spouse. There is generally some area that the women wish their husbands would improve on, and they are growing...
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Why Did Jesus Take on Human Flesh?
With Advent underway, our schedules rapidly accelerate with parties, school plays, church events, travel, and family outings. Frequently, the pace numbs our heart and mind to the good news we are...
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Crack, Meth, Addiction, and the Puritans
In a fascinating piece in The New York Times, "The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts," Dr. Carl Hart presents his research on how crack and meth addicts choose future monetary rewards instead another...
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Feeling Shame Is Not Repentance
"What do you say to people who are dealing with shame from sexual sin?" a longtime friend asked me in a text message. That question deserves more than a text response, but I wrote, "It could only be...
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Confession Time for Pastors
When the dirty task (washing the soiled feet of proud disciples) had been completed, Jesus looked at his disciples and said, “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to also...
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