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 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 13, 2022
- 1 min
Gift of the Holy Spirit
The gift of the Holy Spirit is the greatest gift God can give to man, for the Holy Spirit is a member of the triune Godhead. He brings...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
Spiritual Warfare
Daniel’s conversation with the angel reveals to us the important fact that there is an “invisible war” going on in the heavenlies between...
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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 15, 2022
- 2 min
Is the church spiritual Israel
From the beginning, the church has had to contend with those who would shackle it with Jewish ideas about diets and days and all of the...
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W. Austin Gardner
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
Sin dealt with once and for all
Our problem is “the handwriting of ordinances.” God has a case against us. Far from being a help, Paul says that “ordinances” are a...
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