Tag: asceticism

Bible, Church, Discipleship

How Checklist Spirituality Slips Into the Church

Human beings have been tempted to keep a spiritual checklist for centuries; striving to do enough good or avoid enough bad to be accepted by God. It’s an unhealthy temptation of our sinful nature that slips into the church. It surfaces when someone is trying to be a “good Christian” by adhering to certain rules and standards.

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Bible, Discipleship, Leadership, NT

Why “I Can Do What I Want When I Want” Doesn’t Work

As Believers, we can get caught up in what we ought to do, or ought not to do. We try to justify our feelings about actions we should be or shouldn’t be taking. All of this is in order to achieve a type of holiness through self-imposed regulations.

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