bible and other books

I was listening to a question and answer series from Mark Driscoll tonight, and someone asked a question about particular authors, and His reply was that you should know your bible well before you read books as they may confuse you. It was an interesting answer. As a result of thinking about it i have decided to read 5 books of the bible for every christian book i read.

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18 months

only 18 months left (i know its a long time) till sam and i get married. woo.

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Where do you stand with sexual sin.

I read this interesting article on Pure Online today, that talks about no matter what you are in 1 of these 3 groups in regards to sexual sin.

TARGETED
Every Christian man is "targeted" by Satan. Just like every young man is a target for cigarette ads, because every young man is a potential smoker, so too, every Christian man is succeptable to sexual sin. Your walk with God, your faith, your ability to lead a church, your ability to be a strong husband and father, your ability to be a man of honor, are all under attack by sexual sin. If you are not "Tempted" or in the "Trenches" (see below) beware that you are not moving in that direction.

The rest you can catch here.

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Best Sex Ever!

bet that blog title got your attention. We are about to start a new series at 5pm, titled Best Sex Ever. Due to a swap of preachers we are doing someinteresting things. Consequences will be first instead of last and temptation will be last. We're borrowing some ideas from other series that I have seen over the past year or so. We're borrowing Mars Hills live Q and A thing that they do. So we have a mobile that has no ones contacts in it, and during the service youth will be able to message that number and at the end of the service the preacher is going to answer 3 or so of thoes questions and the rest get posted on our website. It should be interesting. Looking forward to doing the sermon on sexual temptation.

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Saw this video on the xxxchurch website, and, with the book Im reading, made m,e realise how judgemental and hurtful Christians can be, and made me want to ensure that im never involved in action that is this damning, but is supportive and loving.


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Book review: Dirty Little Secret.

Reading this book at the moment. It has been so eye opening. Everyone talks about how porn doesn't hurt anyone, and how it's good for you. This book just blows all that out of the water. 9/10

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