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Category Archives: Temptation
Thoughts From The Prophets: Is It Useless To Serve God?
“ ‘Your words have been harsh against Me’ says the LORD, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ You have said “It is useless to serve God; what profit is it that we have kept His ordinances, and … Continue reading
Posted in prophets, Suffering, Temptation, Textual study
Tagged a book of remembrance, a lifetime without seeing reward, envy the wicked, is it useless to serve God, job 13, job 19, job 27, Luke 16, Malachi 3:13-15, proverbs 19:3, psalm 73, randal matheny, thoughts from the Prophets:, why wicked prosper
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Don’t Be A Ring-tailed Monkey
The Zulu people of Southern Africa have an effective way to catch the ring-tailed monkey. “Their trap is nothing more than a melon growing on a vine. The seeds of this melon are the favorite of the monkey. Knowing this, … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Nature, Priorities, Repentance, Temptation
Tagged 1 corinthians 15:33, 1 Peter 2:12, africa, anger, colossians 3:8, ephesians 5:31, evil company, family, hatred, john 12:42-43, lust. pride, material possessions, matthew 10:37, matthew 10:38-39, matthew 19:21-22, matthew 5:29-30, monkey, physical life, praise of men, proverbs 13:20, proverbs 16:18, ring tail monkey, sinful lust, southern africa, temptation, zulu
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Revelation: The Harlot and the Bride
Two very different women are portrayed in the book of Revelation. Let’s notice… The Harlot (Revelation 17) Dress: “The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones” (17:4). The woman is wearing the same … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Chruch, Revelation, Temptation, Textual study
Tagged aventine, babylon, babylon means rome, be faithful, beguiling affluence, caelian, capitoline, catholic chuch, chaste virgin, Daniel 7, deceptive heresy, dress, dress of faithful bride, dress of harlot, dressed in white, emperor worship, epoused to Christ, esquiline, false religion, fine linen, fornication and adultery, harlot seduces kings, how to overcome, intimidating violence, made herself ready, palatine, persecution, quirinal, Revelaion 17, Revelation 19, roman catholic church, rome, rome's seven hills, seven heads and ten horns, temptation, the beast, the beast and the false prophet and the prostitute are one, the beast of the earth, the blood of the lamb, the bride, the church, the dragon, the false prophet, the harlot, the prostitute, the wilderness, three instruments of satan, two women, unfaithfulness, viminal, wedding day
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The Devil Tempts Jesus
“We do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15). Let us consider how the devil tempted Jesus and how Jesus handled the … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Temptation, Textual study
Tagged dave miller, Deuteronomy 6, Deuteronomy 8, earthly ambition, ego, fleshly appetites, get behind me satan, Hebrews 4:15, james snowden, Jesus quotes scripture, Jesus tempted, kerry duke, Luke 4, lust of eye, lust of flesh, Matthew 4, peter and satan simular rebuke, pride of life, Psalm 91, satan, satan quotes scripture, satan's lures, short cut to kingdom, temptation, the devil, vain glory
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Thoughts on Male-Female Interaction
Charles Hill (now deceased) taught a class call “The preacher’s life and work,” at the school of preaching I attended. He advised that preachers should avoid being alone with a female in counseling, Bible study, or personal visits, or in any other … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Marriage, Preachers, Preaching, Sex, Temptation
Tagged anita hill, appearance to others, avoid alone situaions with opposite sex, charles hill, clarence thomas syndrom. clarence thomas, counseling, false accusation, gossip, jealousy, joseph and potiphar's wife, reputation, rumors, suspicion, tamar and amnon, temptation, the preachers life and work, watch the money and the honey
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Poverty and Immoral Behavior: Are They Necessarily Linked?
It is true that poverty, like wealth, provides an avenue for certain temptations to come our way (Proverbs 30:8-9). We are all tempted in various ways. Poverty comes with its own circumstances which Satan uses in his desire to lead … Continue reading
Posted in Money, Proverbs, Sin, Stats, Temptation, Wealth
Tagged china town, crime and proverty, george mason university, great depression, harlem, harvard university, illegitacy rate, james q. wilson, Philippians 4, povery, Proverbs 30, Proverbs 6, richard hernstein, rush limbaugh, shannon county south dakota, starr texas, tempation, tunica mississippi, u.s. census poorest communitees in america, university of california at los angeles, walter williams, wealth, william bennett
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How Are We Tempted? (Part two)
In medicine, the more that is known about how a disease is contracted, the better prepared one is to avoid it. In security, the more one understands how the employees or customers steal, the more prepared the company is to … Continue reading
Posted in Sin, Temptation, Textual study
Tagged desire, fishing, giving birth, implanted, James 1, lure, lust, sin, temptation
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