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1. If You Want Peace and Joy, You Need to Embrace This Difficult Habit

When I tell people at our conferences that I'm going to teach about discipline and self-control, there is usually a negative response, like a groan or sour facial expressions. We tend to think of thes ...

Created on 11 April 2019

2. Joyce Meyer: How to Make Self-Control Your True Friend

Most of the time when people hear the words "discipline" and "self-control," they groan. It makes us think of depriving ourselves or being denied the things we desire and enjoy. But I've discovered that self-cont ...

Created on 29 June 2018

3. This Dangerous Movement Is Quickly Infiltrating the Church

There is a very dangerous movement that is quickly emerging throughout many different regions, denominations, fellowships and networks. What is this movement? It's the idea that correction from spiritual ...

Created on 24 April 2018

4. In Wake of Recent Sex Scandals, Do Churches Actually Discipline Members? ...

...  refused to discuss church discipline with the press. He did confirm last year that the two were no longer part of the church. If the church asked Bentley to leave, his case would be fairly rare. Few churche ...

Created on 05 April 2018

5. Should We Name Names When Calling Out Error?

There are times when it is right to name names when calling out error and there are times when it is not right. How do we make that distinction? Let's start with the most basic premise of all: When we ...

Created on 06 April 2018

6. Christian Comedian Offers Hilarious Advice to Take Every Thought Captive

Christian comedian John Crist struggles with having immature thoughts sometimes. That's why he has to remind himself to take every thought captive. He shares a hilarious story about a time when he needed ...

Created on 22 March 2018

7. Punishment or Discipline? What Christian Parents Need to Know About the Difference ...

... ell. There's a big difference between disciplining a child with love and punishing a child. Like reward, punishment focuses on the child: "You're such a bad boy." And like encouragement, discipline fo ...

Created on 13 December 2017

8. Is Loving Church Discipline Crucial to a Believer's Health? ...

In 40 Questions about Church Membership and Discipline (Kregel Academic), Dr. Jeremy M. Kimble recognizes and addresses questions church leaders and members have on the subjects. With succinct chapters, ...

Created on 14 July 2017

9. Rid Your Heart of These False Motives for Reading Your Bible

... the reason why we should make it a daily discipline to read the Bible. If we approach the Bible as a best-seller, we insult the power of its words. If we approach the Bible as a mere history book, we degrade ...

Created on 29 June 2017

10. Navigating the Troubled Waters of Cross-Generational Discipleship

... k. To the Builders and early Boomers, chain of command not only sounds proper, but even comforting. It speaks to us of order and discipline, another harsh, unreasonable phrase to Millennials. To us, ch ...

Created on 23 May 2017

11. Essential Habits God-Fearing Believers Jealously Guard

I had my friend on speaker phone the other day while I was ironing Matt's preaching shirts. One sleeve was giving me grief. I ironed one side smooth and flat only to turn over the sleeve and see a new ...

Created on 27 April 2017

12. Dads, This Is Why Your Kids Won't Listen to You

An undisciplined child typically develops destructive behavioral patterns that hurt him or her as well as others. On the other hand, a disciplined child will learn constructive methods that will assist ...

Created on 02 March 2017

13. 4 Godly Ways You Can Respond to Your Child's Embarrassing Tantrums

The memory is singed into my mind, easily remembered though it happened so many years ago. Our family of five was moving from California to Texas, a process that would take 18 hours of plane trips and ...

Created on 01 February 2017

14. Ward off Lethargic Disappointment With Paul's Eye-Opening Lesson to Timothy

By this time in a new year, many people may be struck by fear because they feel stuck in failure. The uncertainties echo in the recesses of our minds and might sound like this: I am afraid this is going ...

Created on 10 January 2017

15. 2 Surprising Ways a POW Persevered Through Years of Unspeakable Torture

...  can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be." That lesson has become known as the Stockdale paradox; "Retain faith t ...

Created on 09 January 2017

16. 7 Tips to Read Through the Bible in One Year

...  You Discipline Yourself. You could simply read three chapters a day and do fine, but I have found having a printed checklist helps keep me disciplined. It may seem mechanical to some, but it will kee ...

Created on 05 January 2017

17. Why You'll Want to Tack This New Year's Resolution to the Top of Your List

... r the big advances and media fanfare some authors receive, and then I sigh. I do this with myself. I compare my talents, my discipline and I especially compare my body. How come my friend can eat anythi ...

Created on 03 January 2017

18. Shatter Shame as You Pray Through This Book of the Bible

Is there something in your past that haunts you? Is there a moment of indiscretion you can't seem to let go of? Do you struggle with forgiving yourself for things in your past you've already repented for ...

Created on 02 January 2017

19. Obeying Matthew 12:36 in a Dangerously Digital Age

My chest hurts so much, and I know yours does too. Honestly, I am having a hard time catching my breath. Finding words to speak is difficult, and this does not happen to me very often. I am a verbal processor, ...

Created on 30 December 2016

20. The One Thing Holding You Back From Your Calling

Jesus spoke these profound words to His disciples to help them understand the benefit of His impending death. When Christ died, He was literally freed from the confinement of inhabiting a single body. ...

Created on 15 December 2016