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Dating in America is almost exclusively driven by an obsession with personal happiness and getting what we want. It’s clear that these ideas do not line up with Scripture. As Christians, we must be radically different from the world when we approach romantic relationships. Obviously, we must abstain from sex before marriage, but it goes much deeper than that. Today we look at how Christians should seek, not only to find a good spouse, but to please God in this whole process, so that their relationships honor God and reveal that He is trustworthy in all things.
We look at how Christians should seek, not only to find a good spouse, but to please and honor God in this whole process.
Being betrayed by someone you love brings indescribable pain. When David was betrayed, he cried out, “Fear and trembling grip me. Horror has overwhelmed me.” The betrayed wife knows these emotions well and Kathy Gallagher has been there herself.
She has used that experience to minister to thousands of wives, so that rather than being destroyed by pain, they are drawn closer to the Savior and Lover of their souls. In this week’s episode, Kathy helps us understand how to deal with painful emotions biblically, and how to allow God to have His rightful place in our hearts.
Kathy helps us understand how to deal with painful emotions biblically, and how to allow God to have His rightful place in our hearts.
When a Christian parent finds out that their child has been looking at pornography, they are often thrown into a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions. Where did we go wrong? Why would my child do such a thing? How will we ever recover from this? If the Lord has allowed you as a parent to discover your child viewing porn, don’t despair.
There are clear answers to your questions, and there is a path forward. There are basic spiritual principles that will help you find the right mindset to guide your child into victory in the battle for sexual purity.
There are clear answers and spiritual principles that will help to to guide your child to victory over porn addiction.
In this week’s episode, we wrap up our series on The Message of the Cross. Jesus taught that anyone who would save his life must first lose it, and He demonstrated this by laying His own life down at Calvary.
But today, the gospel being preached looks very different, promising life to everyone without requiring them to follow Jesus’ example. This false gospel wants the resurrection, but no Cross. So, many in the church are unaware of what it really means to follow Jesus example. They are still the master of their own lives and bear no resemblance to Christ.
A false gospel is being preached that rejects the cross, and so many in the church are unaware of what it really means to follow Jesus.
The Bible says, “The Message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.” Could it be that multitudes of professing Christians are trapped in sexual sin because they have rejected The Message of the Cross, and thus have been denied its power?
Today we continue to discuss The Message of the Cross, and why it is so important to realize the depth of our sinful condition before a holy God. Without it, we are devoid of strength to turn from our sins, strangers to the true power of God.
Without a realization of the depth of our sin before a holy God, we lack the strength to turn from our sins, and live in the power of God.
Jesus said, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” This is The Message of The Cross and, it stands against our culture which seeks what it wants, when it wants, how it wants.
Anyone who wants to follow Jesus must be willing to go through the painful process of dying to this self-centered mindset. But amazingly, as we surrender to the way of the Cross we are deeply transformed. Today we look at the message of the Cross, and how it demands the death of self-lives.
Anyone who wants to follow Jesus must be willing to die to a self-centered mindset. But learning to surrender brings deep transformation.
Most church leaders today would condemn pornography use as wrong, but are they also warning their churches about entertainment? And they would show great concern if a church member spent their time and money pursuing drugs and sex, but what if they were just obsessed with being happy?
In this episode we look at the spiritual danger of spending your life pursuing pleasure. Our 30 plus years of ministry, have revealed that the pursuit of pleasure, comfort and happiness leads many men into sexual sin. But we’ve also seen that when the lust for pleasure is overcome, sexual sin’s hold will be broken.
The pursuit of pleasure and comfort leads many into sexual sin. But when the lust for pleasure is overcome, sexual sin’s hold is broken.
The Apostle Paul said that the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, but the mind set on the flesh is death. Sexual sin is not a disease; it is the fruit of a mind set on the flesh.
But there is hope, because Paul gave us a solution: "If, by The Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live." But how do we actually do this? In this episode we'll look at what it really means to set our minds on the Spirit so that our heart and lives will change.
Paul's words to the Romans are critical for a man seeking to overcome his sin. We discuss how to apply them so as to experience real change.
Being needy is not a popular idea today. Our culture values self-confidence, self-reliance and self-satisfaction. Unfortunately, these values often put on a religious mask and sneak into the church in the form of religious pride.
This pride deceives many people into believing the best about themselves, even those who are enslaved to sexual sin. Today we’re going to look at how important it is to grasp our true condition before God. We’ll also explore why our attempts to be good in our own strength often prevent us from experiencing the abundant life promised to us in Jesus.
Jesus has promised an abundant life to those who will put down the religious façade and confess the true condition of their hearts to God.
The Bible is full of people that were called to be holy and to separate from the world around them. The author of Hebrews even declares that without holiness no one will see the Lord.
Clearly God is calling us to leave our love for this world to draw near to Him. In this episode, preacher, author, and Pure Life graduate Dustin Renz looks at this vital subject and asks this question: what is hindering us from a deeper walk with God?
God is calling us to separate ourselves from the world culture. But there are many things keeping God's people from a deeper walk with Him.
In difficult and uncertain times it’s natural to run to something or someone for security—to try to avoid uncomfortable circumstances. But the Bible tells us that trials are a gift from God and that they will bring about good in our lives if we learn to put our hope in something unshakable.
In this episode of Purity for Life, Kathy Gallagher challenges us to let go of earthly distractions and to gain an eternal perspective.
The Bible teaches that trials are a gift that will bring about good in our lives if we learn to put our hope in something unshakable.
The Word of God has been under attack for millennia. Many godly men went so far as to spill their own blood so that we could hear God’s Word for ourselves. But in modern times the attack against the Word of God is far more subtle and insidious.
The opponents of God’s Word aren’t burning Bibles here in America, but they are discrediting it, obstructing it, minimizing it and perverting it. This is leaving millions of people wide open to every kind of deception.
In this episode, pastor David Ravenhill exhorts us to develop a deeper relationship with the Word of God so that we will be able to discern what is true and what is dangerous to our souls.
In America, the Bible isn't outlawed, but its teaching is often discredited and perverted. This is leaving millions wide open to deception.
