W. Austin Gardner
The old man watches
All of these lusts and all of this lawlessness we carry around with us in our hearts. The “old man” watches sleeplessly for an...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 25, 2022
- 3 min
Satan's attack on God's Word
His plan of attack in the Garden of Eden was based on subtlety. It was God’s intention that headship should be invested in Adam. Eve was...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 22, 2022
- 2 min
The Father's kisses
The rebellious, disrespectful, disillusioned, and demanding Prodigal Son is the focus of one of the most glorious moments in the Gospels....
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 20, 2022
- 1 min
A main source of discouragement
A main source of discouragement is negative self-talk. Doctor and great British preacher D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones says in his book Spiritual...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 19, 2022
- 1 min
Peak to peak
calls this the Peak to Peak Principle. It can be represented visually like this: When you are on top of the proverbial mountain, that is...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 18, 2022
- 1 min
Being gracious
Forebearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye....
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 15, 2022
- 1 min
Good days and bad
Sooner or later, a man, if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and defeat, give and take. He...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 14, 2022
- 1 min
Demons
We tend not to believe in demons any more, and even if we give intellectual assent to their existence, we discount their activity. Modern...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 11, 2022
- 4 min
The rights of children
There were children in these Christian homes, and Paul addressed part of his letter to them. The normal result of marriage is the bearing...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
OUR ATTITUDE IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY GOOD JUST BECAUSE WE ARE CHRISTIANS.
It is noteworthy that the seven deadly sins (pride, covetousness, lust, envy, anger, gluttony, and sloth) are all matters of attitude,...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 4, 2022
- 1 min
Consider yourself
Love doesn’t cleanse sin, for only the blood of Christ can do that (1 John 1:7); nor does love condone sin, for love wants God’s very...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 1, 2022
- 4 min
The sanctity of marriage
God’s pattern for marriage wasn’t devised by Adam; as the traditional marriage ceremony states it, “Marriage was born in the loving heart...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 30, 2022
- 2 min
FEAR KEEPS US AND OTHERS FROM REACHING OUR POTENTIAL
Psychologist Randall B. Hamrock observed, “In twenty years [of practice as a psychologist], I’ve talked with, tested, and given...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 29, 2022
- 1 min
Be an encourager
Few things are better at helping someone overcome discouragement than spending time with the right person. Some people just lift you up....
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 28, 2022
- 2 min
Will I Master Change, or Will Change Master Me?
by Dick Biggs Life’s turning points are as sure as the tide Just a matter of when, so why not decide? To embrace these transitions as...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
Honest about our own sin
Unless we are willing to be honest about our own sins, we will always distort and overreact to the sins of others. "One cutting, bitter...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 22, 2022
- 1 min
True friends
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 13, 2022
- 1 min
Every Man
Christ … whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus....
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 6, 2022
- 1 min
What Happens When We Don’t Forgive?
Although we know we are saved by grace alone, there remain consequences if we choose to walk in unforgiveness. Some aspects of our...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 5, 2022
- 2 min
don't walk in darkness
One way we walk in darkness is by holding bitterness in our hearts toward others—bitterness that creates confusion in our minds and...
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