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Three Distractions of the Deceiver for Christians
Satan may be many things, but creative is not one of those things. The Lord creates. Satan only perverts and distorts that which has been created. It has always been this way. And because Satan is not...
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Banding Together for Sexual Purity
Ninety days. That’s the goal. For most of you, it is the goal for abstaining from pornography. Others of you may struggle with lust, sexual fantasies, or obsessive masturbation. For some, trips to...
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A Perspective on Victory over Sexual Sin
Sexual addiction and obsession of any kind is energized by dark forces. Pornography—a pervasive expression of this and an all-too-common habit in our culture, is evil. Period. Make no mistake about it....
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Pure Hearted: An Interview with Mark Ongley
Below is an interview with Mark Ongley, author of the new Pure Hearted: Banding Together for Sexual Wholeness (Seedbed 2021). It is a resource designed to be used by groups who are on a journey toward...
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The Spiritual Slump: A New Resource for Pastors, Groups, and Individuals
Seedbed is pleased to offer a new resource that will help awaken slumbering, backsliding, or apathetic Christians from the stagnation that tends to confront all followers of Jesus at one point or...
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Spiritual Degeneration Can Happen to Anyone
Degeneration is a gradual descent into spiritual boredom, complacency, and, ultimately, compromise. The degenerating disciple experiences distance from God that often fosters disobedience and, in...
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Learning from King David’s Spiritual Streak to Slump
David was the youngest son of Jesse, a runt, a shepherd boy, a nobody really. Apparently, David was so lacking in potential that Jesse didn’t even present him to Samuel, who was to anoint one of...
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Three Spiritual Slump Starters to Watch for as Christians
Henry David Thoreau is frequently quoted as saying, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Slumping Christians sense this quiet desperation deep in their soul. They feel their best...
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When God Disrupts Our Spiritual Slump
Disruption is not a nuisance but a grace when God initiates it. Disciples who are stuck in a spiritual slump of degeneration cannot save themselves no matter how hard they try. They need a force...
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Faith versus Works: The Debate
18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the...
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Spiritual Battles and the Finger of God
Key Observation: We have been entrusted with both the gospel and its expansion on earth. Spreading it means taking risks, crossing into enemy territory, being bold and courageous. Take some time to...
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The Blessings of that Upward Gaze
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. (Isaiah 6:1) Can you imagine what must have been running through...
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