December 8, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - love, punks, Sin
Overcoming Sinful Strongholds

Q. I read your blogs about growing up (see here and here). Do you believe a Christian can have strongholds in his or her life, and if so, do you […]

November 23, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - advocate, Mediator, Sin
Run to Jesus

When you’ve done something wrong, and you know you’ll be in trouble, the natural instinct is often to run and hide. That’s what the first sinners did after they committed […]

July 31, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Cain, hamartiology, Sin
Ruling Over Sin

Have you ever gone camping and awakened to hear an animal creeping outside of your tent, rummaging through your campsite? Maybe you even turned on your flashlight and could see […]

April 3, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Confession, fall, Genesis, scapegoat, Sin
Confession, Not Deflection

Do you find it easy to take responsibility for your sins, or is your knee-jerk reaction to try and shift the blame to others? If you look up the term […]

December 9, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Sanctification, Sin
Some Strong Language About Sanctification and Sin

What does it mean to be sanctified? What’s supposed to happen to the sin in your life? As I’ve been meditating on that subject—wondering to what extent Scripture describes sanctification […]

July 6, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Repentance, Sin
carnality

How does a backslidden believer come back into fellowship with God? James 4 gives sound instruction. In vv 1-5, James shines the light on some areas of sin in the […]

June 5, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Good, James, Sin
What good haven’t you done_

The idea that James teaches the necessity of good works to be eternally saved comes up against a very strong objection: James says that absolutely no one is qualified to […]

May 8, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Free-will, James, Sin, temptation
You are free to flee from sin.

  Why do you sin? What is the process that leads you down that path? No one causes you to sin. Not Satan. Not demons. Not God. It all comes […]

April 19, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Death, Sin
Sin leads to death.

My cousin died last week. He took his own life. In prison. He’s my third cousin to die by suicide. I never knew him. I just found out about him […]

Does temptation come from God_

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt any one (James […]

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