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Wrong Questions: “How on earth can a Christian commit that sin?”

October 4, 2012 by Edwin Crozier Leave a Comment

“How on earth can a Christian commit that sin?” Have you ever heard someone ask this question? On the surface, it seems like a good one, doesn’t it? We’ve all heard of Christians, even preachers or pastors, who commit what seem like heinous sins. We are certain they should know better. But they’ve fallen. How on earth can they commit that sin?

But this is the wrong question. Read on to find out why.

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Filed Under: Change, Christian living, God's Way for Our Lives, Growth, Making Mistakes, Overcoming Sin, Personal Responsibility, relying on God, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: Christianity, Christians, falling from grace, falling to sin, Growth, guilt, Overcoming Sin, righteousness, Shame, sin, Spiritual Growth, victory over sin

A Picture of God’s Grace

September 4, 2012 by Edwin Crozier 7 Comments

What does God’s grace look like? Consider Matthew 14:28-31.

And Peter answered him, ‘Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.’ He said, ‘Come.’ So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, ‘Lord, save me.’ Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, ‘O you of little faith, why did you doubt?’

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Filed Under: Christian living, Church Growth, God's Love, God's Way for Our Lives, Grace, Growth, Jesus, Making Mistakes, Overcoming Sin, Personal Responsibility, relying on God, Spiritual Growth, surrender, Victory in God Tagged With: a picture of grace, command, faith, grace, Jesus, law, miracle, obedience, Peter, Peter walking on water

Don’t Take This Trip Alone

February 16, 2012 by Edwin Crozier 2 Comments

On April 26, 2003, Aron Ralston was trapped between a rock and a hard place. Hiking and rock climbing alone in Eastern Utah, his right hand was crushed between a shifting boulder and the rock wall. Over a period of five days he made various attempts to free himself. Nothing worked. When he ran out of his water supply, he was certain of death.

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Filed Under: Christian living, God's Way for Our Lives, Growth, Honesty, Overcoming Sin, Relationships, Shame, Spiritual Growth, Victory in God Tagged With: accountability, brethren, brothers, Christian living, Christianity, Friends, growing in Christ, healing, Overcoming Sin, sisters, Spiritual Growth, spiritual healing, the Great Physician

What Churches Can Learn from 12-Step Groups

November 16, 2011 by Edwin Crozier 6 Comments

The more I’ve worked with addicts and dealt with my own sins, the more I’ve realized that most churches are falling short in a very important area–freedom from sin. Oh, don’t get me wrong. Most churches teach freedom from sin. Most command freedom from sin. But very few are helping people become free from sin. Most of them simply tell people to quit sinning and then slap them on the wrist when they catch them sinning again or belittle and shame them for doing so. What can we do about this?

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Filed Under: Christian living, evangelism, Forgiveness, God's Way for Our Congregations, Growth, health, Making Mistakes, Overcoming Sin, relying on God, Sex and Sexuality, Spiritual Growth, surrender Tagged With: 12 step groups, 12 steps, addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholics Anonymous, besetting sins, compulsion, compulsive sins, freedom from sin, how do I quit, obsession, obsessive sins, Overcoming Sin, Spiritual Growth

“Born this Way”: Really?

April 28, 2011 by Edwin Crozier 10 Comments

Okay, so as usual I’m about three months behind on the pop-culture scene. My brother always gives me a hard time about this. However, just the other day I learned that Weird Al has a new song being released. It’s called “Perform This Way.” I heard a snippet and wanted to find out more about the original it is based on. After all, those songs are always funnier when you actually know who he’s lampooning. So I asked my daughter about Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.” Then she sang some of the lyrics to me and I said, “Wait! What?” “Oh, Dad, it’s not about that.” “Really, what’s it about then?” “It’s just about her tough childhood and her mom telling her she’s born to be a superstar.” “Oh, okay,” I said, somewhat relieved. Then, last night on the way home from Bible class the song came on the radio. I was stunned to say the least. Tessa said I was missing the point. So we looked up the lyrics when we got home. The disappointment simply continued.

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Filed Under: Change, Christian living, God's Way for Our Lives, Love, Loving Ourselves, Overcoming Sin, Personal Responsibility, relying on God, Sex and Sexuality, Spiritual Growth, surrender, Victory in God Tagged With: Born This Way, disabilities, heterosexuality, homosexuality, Jesus Christ, Lady Gaga, race, racism, rebirth, reborn, sexuality

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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Filed Under: Christian living, God's Way for Our Lives, Grace, Growth, Lies Christians Believe, Making Mistakes, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: God's righteousness, Growth, lies, Satan, self-righteousness, sin, Spiritual Growth, spirituality

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