Judging

“Bah, Christians! They’re so intolerant. They’re always thinking that they’re better then everyone else. Can’t they just let us live our own lives? They should stop judging everyone… hey, even I know the Bible says that you shouldn’t judge, otherwise you’ll be judged, too!”

I find it somewhat humorous that even sinful, worldly people can quote Matthew 7:1 – Judge not, that ye be not judged.” Also, many people know that “God is love” and Christians should being loving, too. And they confuse hate for sin with hate for people.

Deceiving Yourself

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Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Or if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

- James 1:21-24

There are lots of people who are good at lying. Being cheap and dishonest just comes naturally for many unwise, immature people.

Lying goes on every day, obviously. There are those little white lies – the “polite” lies. Then, there are lies that go on in the government. These lies cost money, time, and energy. There are some lies that cost people’s lives.

These lies are all pretty horrible. As the citizen of a dishonest government, we see through the thinly veiled dishonesty, and we understand the foolishness and futility of it all.

But there’s one type of lie that’s even worse. This kind of lie can cause such a deep hole to be dug, that it seems (in some cases), as if there’s no hope for honesty ever again.

I’m talking a horrible kind of deceit, and it’s called self-deceit.

“Winning the War Within” Book review and thoughts

Wow. Just wow. I read this book almost in one night, and finished it the next day. This is a great book.

Winning the War Within by Charles Stanley is an older book, but it’s definitely a gem. I’m actually wanting to get some reviews on my blog… the purpose for this wouldn’t be just to review books, but reading such books really provokes awesome thoughts and ideas. Let’s talk about the book itself for a little bit.