Idols

We have idols in our hearts when we pursue wealth, leisure, education, friends and acceptance, sensual pleasure or anything else with the intensity and commitment that should be exclusively reserved for seeking and following God. All people have something or someone as the object(s) of their heart's devotion - but it may not always be God.

Weeding Pride

If you are going through a humiliating experience, consider that God may be using that experience to weed out the pride in your life.

Reflecting Holiness

Because God is morally perfect, He can help us live above our human tendency to compromise with the world. When we focus on His greatness, He gives us the power to overcome sin and to reflect His holiness in our lives each day.

Darkness & Light

Just as darkness cannot exist in the presence of light, so sin cannot exist in the presence of our holy God.

Praise & Worship

Praise is the heartfelt response to God by those who love Him. The more that you really know God and realize His great works in your life, the more compelled you are to respond to Him with true praise. Praise is at the heart then, of worship. It is not a function we can outsource to others on a stage or listen to on a CD.

Offensive Sin

Sin doesn't have to be shocking or disgusting to us to be offensive to God. all sin should be considered offensive by God's people. All sin offends God.

Degrees of Sin

There are not any degrees of sin. But people who know better and still sin are considered the worse sinners by God. (He has much more compassion for the ignorant.)