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Stephen Charnock (1628-80)
Until sin be bitter,
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Thomas Watson (1668)
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William Cowper (1835)
The tear of repentance is shed by the eye of faith, and faith, as it weeps, stands beneath the cross.
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Let them that will, repent, that Christ may do for them.
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Thomas Boston (1720s)
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the body of sin.
Ebenezer Erskine (1730s)
If you will remember Christ's love, you will be lifted up from your crookedness, and made straight.
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Lessons in ministry from the life of Thomas Boston #4: Overcoming addiction
The human heart is made to love and this love settles on almost anything in or around us and when it does we face addiction. Self-image, stimulants, power, money, other people, all compete for our affection and that affection can … Continue reading
Posted in Means of Grace
Tagged addiction, alcohol, drugs, Ettrick, Pornography, self love, Thomas Boston
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Christian Vision for Men – Men and Motives #2 Addiction
Here’s part two of my notes from the CVM day “Men and Motives”. This session was on addiction. Why do we get addicted? We were made for heaven and perfection. Earth is not heaven. There is pain and suffering for … Continue reading
Posted in Conference notes
Tagged Andy Drake, Christian Vision for Men, CVM, Diocese of Lichfield, Men Aloud, Men and Motives, Pornography
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Porn Free
News has been released this week that a licence application has been submitted for a fourth lap dancing club in West Bromwich High Street. I can’t see how a town of only 137,000 people can support that many strip joints. … Continue reading
More on Christians dealing with porn
There’s a few posts on this blog about overcoming porn use and how the Christian press has been raising the issue of porn more openly and decisively in recent times. An American journalist, Anne Jackson, commented on my post on … Continue reading
The Crisis in British Masculinity
There’s more evidence in last week’s Daily Mail of discontent amongst British women due to a crisis of masculinity in British men. Liz Jones writes “Who created this generation of feeble ‘Hotel Mum’ men? Er, I did” Jones is scathing … Continue reading
Posted in Other matters
Tagged Daily Mail, Guy Ritchie, Jordan, kidulthood, kidults, Liz Jones, Madonna, masculinity, Pete Andre, Porn, Pornography
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Porn open season
Has anyone else noticed that the Christian press is writing openly and decisively about the problem of pornography? Christianity magazine ran an article titled Gagged and Bound in its February edition, asking why churches are silent on something which is … Continue reading
Posted in Transforming lives
Tagged Christianity Magazine, Porn, porn again, Pornography, Richard Perkins, The Briefing
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The vicar’s wife and lads’ mags
There’s been little local storm brewing over at the Express and Star after they ran an article about the successful complaint by the vicar’s wife which led to lads’ mags at Asda being moved to the top shelf. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Transforming hatred of Sin
Tagged express and star, feminism, FHM, flirt, GQ, lads mags, masculinity, Maxim, Nuts, Porn, Porn Again Christian, Pornography, the vicar's wife
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