Material Beings

There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to be a purely spiritual creature. That is why He uses material things like bread and wine to put the new life into us. We may think this rather crude and unspiritual. God does not: He invented eating. He likes [...]

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Responding by Fear

The second way a man can respond to God is out of fear. This response says, I hear clearly what you’re saying, but I just don’t believe You can meet my needs as well as I can. Like pride, fear causes us to reserve control of certain areas of our lives and keep them away [...]

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Battle for Purity – Battle for Joy

We must always keep in mind that all Satan can do to attract us is plagiarize the joys God created for us in this world to foreshadow the joys of heaven. All the authentic pleasures of the world are in some ways sacramental, whereas all the counterfeit pleasures of this world are in some way [...]

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A Word from the Purity Platoon

The LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone.’ + Genesis 2:18

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Battle Verse – Every Person Belongs to God

Remember that every woman you look at belongs to God: Know that all lives are mine; the life of the parent as well as the life of the child is mine. + Ezekiel 18:4

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Boot Camp Question

Do you trust God?

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The Original Dignity of Men & Women

Seeing themselves with God’s own vision, they know they are good, very good (see Gen 1:31). With this lived awareness of the meaning of their bodies, both man and woman enter the world as subjects of truth and love. This means that, prior to sin, the first man and woman freely chose to act with [...]

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Trust or Fear: How Do I Respond to God?

The second way a man can respond to God is out of fear. This response says, I hear clearly what you’re saying, but I just don’t believe You can meet my needs as well as I can. Like pride, fear causes us to reserve control of certain areas of our lives and keep them away [...]

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If You Conquer Your Lust

Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God. + Revelation 2:7

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Spiritus Contra Spiritum

SPIRITUS CONTRA SPIRITUM(Carl Jung) “But what I really thought about was the result of many experiences with men of his kind. His craving for alcohol was the equivalent, on a low level, of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval language: the union with God. How could one formulate such an [...]

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