by Bill Elliff
September 20, 2024
How sinful are we? The answer is: totally. Apart from God and His intervention in our lives, we are completely and totally spiritually depraved.
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by Bill Elliff
July 12, 2024
I doubt the title above is very enticing. Nobody wants their life to be shipwrecked. But it happens.
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by Bill Elliff
March 19, 2024
You will never be the same if you are a new man in Christ. You can sin (and will sin because of the temptations around you, the work of the devil, and the weakness of your humanity), but here is the truth: YOU DON’T HAVE TO SIN ANYMORE! You are no longer a slave to sin as a ruler, but you are a slave to Christ and His grace.
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by Bill Elliff
February 07, 2024
We all sin. Daily. There is a weight that sin brings. If left unattended, that weight is crushing. We have disconnected from our God, so why would we expect less? Most of what we endure and blame on other reasons is simply undealt with sin.
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by Bill Elliff
January 18, 2024
But how do we help a fellow follower of Christ who has fallen into serious sin? Do we ignore that which is destroying them? Do we stand back in criticism and hypocritical judgment? Do we attack them with Pharisaical confrontation? What do we do?
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by Bill Elliff
September 20, 2023
The beginning pages of Genesis give us the operating principles upon which God and man were to function. God, in mercy, provided a garden with every possible goodness. He intended for man to enjoy this perfect environment but, most importantly, to enjoy God’s continual presence. God and man and wife would walk together.
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by Bill Elliff
December 01, 2022
No demand is made upon your life that is not made upon the Christ who lives within you. Don't let Satan deceive you about your ability in Christ or God's kindness and provision. You may not be experiencing this victory yet, but you have all you need in Christ as you face each trial and temptation.
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by Bill Elliff
June 21, 2022
This is a consistent principle that God speaks to us repeatedly: if you have an affection for something God has forbidden, it will gradually turn your heart to the god behind that affection. You will not be a man after God's own heart like David was, but a man whose heart is turned away after other gods, like Solomon.
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by Bill Elliff
May 23, 2022
Sin has consequences. Every sin, all the time. God is merciful, but our sin sets things in motion. Notice the litany of David about what his sins had done in Psalm 38.
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by Bill Elliff
May 20, 2022
Sin has consequences. Every sin, all the time. God is merciful, but our sin sets things in motion. Notice the litany of David about what his sins had done in Psalm 38.
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by Bill Elliff
February 19, 2021
We are world-class at some things, and grumbling is right up there at the top of the list. But we're not the first, by a long shot.
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by Bill Elliff
July 15, 2020
“Prone to wander, Lord I feel it; prone to leave the God I love.” The hymn writer captured in a sentence what is universally true of man. Our humanity is weak, the devil is strong, and the world pulls us relentlessly away from God. Even those who have come into a relationship with Christ still wander at times.
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