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2 Free Tools to Fight Your “Favorite” Sins

August 11, 2011 by Edwin Crozier Leave a Comment

Let’s face it. We all have them. Favorite Sins. No, I know none of us would really classify them that way. We don’t like our sins. We’re trying to overcome them. We’re trying to get rid of them. But there are the sins we seem to subconsciously turn to when the going gets tough. We’ve said over and over again that we wouldn’t do them again, but then things get hectic and crazy and the next thing we know we did it again. Been there? I have.

Lies Christians Believe: I’m More Spiritual than Every Other Christian

April 20, 2011 by Edwin Crozier 2 Comments

A friend of mine once said, “I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.” At first, I was confused, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized I could say the same thing. Therefore, it will not surprise you that the father of lies can trip me up by getting me to believe two contradictory lies at the exact same time. I bet he can do the same for you. As we noticed last week, Satan wants you to believe that every other Christian is more spiritual than you causing you to give up. At the same time, he will also try to get you to believe that you are more spiritual than every other Christian. Here’s how.

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Lies Christians Believe: Every Other Christian is More Spiritual Than Me

April 15, 2011 by Edwin Crozier 3 Comments

Satan is the Father of Lies (John 8:44). His master plan is to lie to us and get us to believe his lies. No doubt, some lies deal with issues of false doctrine. But that isn’t what I want us to consider in this series of posts. Rather, Satan sometimes realizes he can’t devour some Christians with doctrinal error. Instead, he tries something more insidious, something capable of knocking us completely off our spiritual feet. If we believe these lies, we will be taken captive and destroyed.

If Jesus Had Been on Twitter: A Video Illustration

April 14, 2011 by Edwin Crozier 1 Comment

Got this video in my inbox yesterday. I thought it was neat and wanted to share. Enjoy!

I thought they missed a good opportunity by skipping the 5000 that left Him the day after He fed them, but enjoyed the concept.

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The 10 Ways Forgiving Yourself Impacts Your Life

April 7, 2011 by Edwin Crozier 8 Comments

I received a heart-rending letter this week from a brother who is suffering the earthly consequences of his heinous sins. He had heard a sermon I preached entitled “We are Allowed to Love Ourselves.” You may remember the series on this very topic that I wrote on this blog. The brother wanted to know how he could ever forgive himself. Having committed some heinous sins myself, I want to know the same thing. What does it mean to forgive ourselves? Should we forgive ourselves? How can we?

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One Man’s Thoughts on Modesty and Lust

April 6, 2011 by Edwin Crozier 40 Comments

Yesterday, my brother-in-law, Nathan Williams, asked some questions on his blog about men and their thoughts on modesty. I tried to respond but for some reason his spam filter kept telling me my comment seemed spammy and wouldn’t let it be posted. So I sent it to him in e-mail to see if he could get it posted. He decided to post it as his blog entry today. Thanks, Nathan, for posting that. And I appreciate you striving to protect my rep by keeping it anonymous. However, I think one of the reasons we keep hearing from church after church about men falling, especially preachers and elders, is because we act like none of us ever have any real problems with lust.