Tim Keller on Jonathan Edward's distinction between true virtue and common virtue: "There are two kinds of moral behavior: “common virtue” and “true virtue.” Let’s take one virtue: honesty…

I want us to keep talking about holiness. We are in the middle of a series where we are looking at the Bible and asking, how do people change? Or. If you want a big theological word you could say we are talking about sanctification. And…

Temptation wins when it gets you to stop trusting God and start thinking you need to take matters into your own hands. As Martin Luther once said,“That’s the sin underneath all our sins…

How can I change? Over the past several posts we have been looking at a couple of very important principles that we need to embrace if we are going to actually change. First, we need to want to. And, what's more…

I don’t know how you feel when someone says they want to talk about holiness, but I can imagine there are many people who don't get excited about this subject, because they think of holiness as something that’s almost oppressive…

One big problem many people have when they come for counseling is that they don't know how big their problems really are. It’s not just that we have these little issues in our life…

You’ll never really change until you grieve over your sin. And you’ll never really grieve over your sin until you see yourself for who you are. And you’ll never really see yourself for who you are, until you’ve first looked upon God’s face…