Josh Hunt's Blog, page 82
April 10, 2022
God’s Devil
We have just released a new Bible Study based on Ermin Lutzer’s book, God’s Devil. Here is an excerpt: Some teachers, having finally understood that we all are affected by Satan or one of his emissaries, have made demonic exorcism to be the primary means of breaking stubborn habits or dealing with a painful past. […]
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April 9, 2022
Finding Joy in the Saddest Places
Did you ever try to make a chronic complainer happy? Take him to a Caribbean beach, where the ocean glows luminous blue from the white sands reflecting the sky—and listen to him gripe about the water plugging his ear. Or invite her to a critic’s choice restaurant that specializes in her favorite food, and get […]
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April 8, 2022
Holiness and Personal Discipline
It is possible to establish convictions regarding a life of holiness, and even make a definite commitment to that end, yet fail to achieve the goal. Life is strewn with broken resolutions. We may determine by God’s grace to stop a particular sinful habit—entertaining lustful thoughts, criticizing our Christian brother, or whatever. But alas, only […]
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April 7, 2022
The secret to applying the sermon on the mount
It was Jesus who saw the multitudes, … went up on the mountain; and … sat down. God’s own Son delivered the sermon. The greatest Preacher who ever lived preached the greatest sermon ever preached. When He concluded, “the multitudes were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and […]
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April 6, 2022
SACRIFICING FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL
IN A WORLD PROMOTING self-fulfillment as a consummate value, sacrificing for any reason is countercultural and even considered unreasonable by some. In past generations, self-sacrifice for public service, or in helping professions such as teaching or nursing, was an honored cultural value. Not so much anymore. Ministers and missionaries have also traditionally been examples of […]
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April 5, 2022
Holiness is our responsibility
The New Testament leaves no doubt that holiness is our responsibility. If we are to pursue holiness, we must take some decisive action. I once discussed a particular sin problem with a person who said, “I’ve been praying that God would motivate me to stop.” Motivate him to stop? What this person was saying in […]
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April 4, 2022
I want the last check I write to bounce
“I want the last check I write to bounce.” These are the words of billionaire philanthropist Charles F. Feeney, who made his fortune in the duty-free shopping industry and began secretly giving his money away in 1984. Feeney’s goal was to make a difference in the world while he was alive. And he did. By […]
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April 3, 2022
Obedience; not victory
God has made provision for our holiness and He has also given us a responsibility for it. As we saw in chapters 5 and 7, God’s provision for us consists in delivering us from the reign of sin, uniting us with Christ, and giving us the indwelling Holy Spirit to reveal sin, to create a […]
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April 2, 2022
“O wretched man that I am!”
“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”—Rom. 7:24, 25. You know the wonderful place that this text has in the wonderful epistle to the Romans. It stands here at the end of the seventh chapter as the gateway […]
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April 1, 2022
Depression–its cause and cure
Why did Elijah get depressed? Because he played four mental games that all of us play when we get depressed. The first one is found in 1 Kings 19:3–4: “Elijah was afraid and ran for his life…. He came to a broom tree [a kind of desert shrub], sat down under it and prayed that […]
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