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Why do we sin? Why do we find ourselves trapped in habits or behaviors we hate? We often think the problem is a lack of willpower. We assume we just aren't trying hard enough to be good. But Peter sug...

A courtroom has already delivered the verdict. The judge has left the bench. The gavel has struck. And yet the defendant rises again to ask, "But are you sure?" That is the picture of a believer who d...

Most people think guilt leads to change.But guilt rarely produces freedom - it produces cycles. Even mental-health experts say the same:Guilt sits at the root of addiction. This is why: "For sin shall...

One of the enemy's greatest tricks is the use of the personal pronoun: "I." A dark thought enters your mind-a thought of fear, addiction, or despair. And immediately, you think: "I am an addict." "I a...

There's a tug-of-war inside many believers.The feelings thinking one thing.But the gospel saying another. Paul says, "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteo...

Arguments about doctrine rarely change people.But a changed life does. When Jesus healed the blind man, the Pharisees debated.The man didn't. "One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see."Joh...

After healing the man at Bethesda, Jesus sought him out again. Not to rebuke him.Not to shame him.But to protect him. "See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you."John...

Sometimes the solution out of bondage doesn't look powerful at first.In fact it looks almost too simple. A believer may say, "How can declaring I am the righteousness of God in Christ help me when I'm...