Posts tagged “Self-Control”
How adultery happens
Few Christians see themselves as the kind of people who would commit adultery. Yet it happens. Here’s a common pattern: First, deprivation. A spouse…
Adultery? Don’t!
Of the 55 uses of the word adultery in the Bible, the very first one that shows up is this: “You shall not commit…
Disciplined
Sometimes I wish I were more disciplined. I wish it were easier to automate good habits. I wish temptations weren’t so tempting. I wish…
The wisdom of margin
You can learn a lot from a piece of notebook paper. Just think of those little red lines near the left-hand side, the ones…
The allure of screens
The book of Proverbs, written around three thousand years ago, doesn’t say much about tablets and TikTok, but it can teach us wisdom with…
Lose the messiah complex
You will never be able to set wise boundaries with technology until you reject your messiah complex. Ever heard that term? A messiah complex…
Breaking the digital chains
If you had to give your relationship with your phone a letter grade, what grade would it be? That was the question I asked…
Your screen and your soul
Technology is a tension, isn’t it? Families feel this when they FaceTime siblings two states away … and when they sit in the same…
The path to burnout
People burn out by following a predictable path. First, we compromise. We know enough about the human body to realize what we should do,…
Biblical self-care (Part 3)
While God wants us to sweat, he also wants us to rest. Jesus did. “Then, because so many people were coming and going that…
Biblical self-care (Part 2)
“If you find a job that doesn’t feel like work, you’ll never work a day in your life.” Do you believe that? Jesus had…
Biblical self-care (Part 1)
Four out of the five pastors at my church recently admitted (and gave me permission to tell you) that they almost didn’t make it….