Daniel 5:20 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory. NIV Unrepentant sin will always produce arrogance and pride. In addition sin will always harden the heart making it unresponsive to God and others. Romans 7:11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. NIV Sin is always looking for a way in which to seize the indivi

Have you ever struggled with a problem or a sin for a long time...years? We all have, but this may be because we have believed a set of lies and as a result have come to believe it is something that will always be, or perhaps we are enjoying our sin too much to do anything about it. In the quest to understand one’s personal relationship with sin, it was this discovery that led to a major change in thinking and ultimately in action. What does this mean for me? What should one

For many people awareness is difficult, because they are unable to see. The reality is much of the time they are blinded by their sin. There is a song that is sung in church, which says, “Open the eyes of my heart Lord.” Sin is blinding and creates blindness. Any sin and in particular sexual immorality is blinding. Unfortunately, this makes the awareness process more difficult. What does this mean for me? Interestingly Paul singles out one sin above all other sins as one that

Pamela Meyer on a TED Talk talks about the idea of lies, lying and believing lies. She has some very interesting thoughts on this topic. Lying is a cooperative act: a lie has no power by its mere utterance, but only when the other person agrees to believe the lie. If you got lied to, it is because you agreed to be lied to. Henry Oberlander (a legendary conman) made a very interesting statement: people are willing to give anything for something they are hungry for. So the crux