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How Close is Cleanliness to Godliness?

May 20, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Gloria Furman As you were growing up your mom may have encouraged you to clean your room saying, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” You also may have learned the axiom that literal, physical cleanliness—like dust-free baseboards and mildew-less grout—are not credits to your personal holiness. It’s possible for one to clean her house so [...]

Tagged as: 2 Cor 1, cleaning, Holy Spirit, John Owen, mortification of sin, sin

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The Mortification of This Mother’s Sin

May 15, 2013 Intentional Motherhood

by Priya Samuel It’s that dreadful time of the year again. School exams! Not my school exams, but my kids’. But it feels like their exam time is more like mine because I’m the one planning every detail of their preparation and learning (not to mention all the worrying I do on their behalf). A [...]

Tagged as: 1 Peter 1, covetousness, encouragement, gospel, mortification of sin, motherhood, sin

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The Struggle to Trust God with My Child’s Salvation

May 8, 2013 Intentional Motherhood

by Lindsey Carlson Seeing my children struggle with sin makes me squirmy. Whether they’re back-talking during bath time, squabbling with siblings, deceiving, or disobeying, I fear for their future. What if their foolishness or hard-heartedness is only beginning to show? What if they stay dead in sin fooor-evvvv-er? More than anything, I want my children [...]

Tagged as: children, motherhood, Romans 3, sin, trusting God

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Christ’s Glorious Mercy vs. All Our Worst Sins

April 19, 2013 Good Reading

Richard Sibbes considers the infinite and the finite in his perspective on the sufficiency of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross: “It is no less mercy than glorious mercy that will satisfy us when our conscience is distressed; and if this will not, what will? Let Satan join with conscience to aggravate our sins as much [...]

Tagged as: mercy, Richard Sibbes, sin

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Struggling with “Struggling with” Sin

December 3, 2012 Devotional Mundane

by Beverly Chao Berrus I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had with a dear sister where I’ve said something like this: “I’m really struggling with contentment in motherhood these days.” When I say that, what I actually mean is this: “There’s this specific sin in my life that I give into almost every [...]

Tagged as: 1 Peter 5, accountability, Colossians 3, Hebrews 12, John Owen, Mark 12, Romans 6, sin

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When a Mother Sins

September 28, 2012 Intentional Motherhood

by Staci Eastin I was sitting with a group of moms, talking about motherhood and kids, when a younger mom spoke up from the corner of the room. “But, what can you do? I mean, how can you be sure you’re pointing them on the right path? How can you know they’ll follow God?” We [...]

Tagged as: 1 Corinthians 3, children, Philippians 1, Romans 8, sanctification, sin

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On killing your sin

July 27, 2012 Devotional Mundane

J.I. Packer wrote this in his introduction to John Owen’s book on putting sin to death: “I owe more, I think, to John Owen than to any other theologian, ancient or modern, and I am sure I owe more to his little book on mortification than to anything else he wrote.” In this compelling 9-minute [...]

Tagged as: JI Packer, John Owen, prayer, sin

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Bad news; good news

May 6, 2012 Good Reading

BAD NEWS “Good, true good– good in the eyes of a holy God– is only what is done out of faith, according to God’s law, and to God’s glory. And measured by this standard, who would not dare say that any work performed by humans is completely pure and does not need forgiveness and renewal? [...]

Tagged as: grace, Herman Bavinck, sin

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“Fruit stapling” with your kids

April 30, 2012 Intentional Motherhood

by Gloria Furman Ever since Priya Samuel wrote this article I’ve been inspired to look for creative ways to talk with my kids about the nature of obedience. When I’m knee-deep in my children’s struggles with sin then I tend to just want perfect little robots. In those moments I could care less whether or [...]

Tagged as: 1 Peter 1, children, Colossians 3, discipleship, holiness, Luke 6, motherhood, sin

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Sin is not a goldfish

February 4, 2012 Devotional Mundane

“For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” Romans 8:13 “Sin is like a great big crocodile. Sin is a dangerous trap. Sin can creep up like a crocodile. All of a sudden… SNAP!” – [...]

Tagged as: Playdates with the Puritans, sin

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The lie of “a little more”

January 21, 2012 Devotional Mundane

by Britney Hamm Sometimes I wake up an hour or so before I need to and feel alert and ready to go. I’d love to tell you that I bounce right up and spend time reading God’s word or get started my day an hour early. But instead, I usually stay in bed. The thought [...]

Tagged as: gospel, lies, Satan, sin, temptation

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Airing your dirty laundry

November 2, 2011 Devotional Mundane

by Gloria Furman Do you know what happens if a sweaty undershirt lies festering in the bottom of a laundry basket for ten weeks? I’ll spare you a photograph of a dirty undershirt and show you this picture of my friend’s cute baby instead. When sweaty shirts are left that long without washing the fibers [...]

Tagged as: grace, Isaiah 64, laundry, sin

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