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An “enlightened,” tolerant society like ours makes little mention of sin. The “sin” label seems too harsh to describe another person’s private choices. And nobody’s perfect, right?

Even followers of Jesus vary widely in their emphasis on sin. Some seem overly burdened by their failures; others speak only of their freedom from sin’s penalty. The apostle Paul himself spoke of being dead to sin in one sentence and struggling to resist his own sin in another. What should be the proper emphasis on sin? Can we really live above sin’s dominion?

Explore this topic further through the resources on this page. If your sin struggles fall in the area of sexual temptations, please visit our Men’s Purity or Women’s Purity pages for specific help in that area.

 

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  • The Devil Made Me Do It?
    By Wayne Stiles

    This hard-hitting article reminds us to humbly confess our own sins so we can learn to resist them and experience Jesus's cleansing.

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"A Plea for Godliness" from the series Solomon

If we traced sin back to its source, we’d discover its wellspring in depravity—the poisonous waters of a sinful nature. Depravity results in permissiveness when righteousness is ignored. Permissiveness leads to rationalization when holiness is ignored. And rationalization encourages rebellion when repentance is ignored. But we can live differently.

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Facing Temptation

Each one of us faces our own kinds of temptations that threaten to lure us away from God's best for us. Chuck Swindoll describes sure ways to resist these lures.

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Simple Faith: Discovering What Really Matters -by Charles R. Swindoll

Wear a suit . . . sing in the choir . . . become fluent in Biblical Greek and Hebrew. Are those the requirements to be a real follower of Christ?

Simple Faith isn’t about adding more religious demands to an already complicated existence. It’s about getting out of the cage and finding your way back to freedom, peace, and resting in Jesus Christ—back to the life He taught and, more importantly, He lived. In short, it’s a call to simple faith—no additional requirements necessary!

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