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Tue, Jan 12, 2010
Anonymous
Sexual Purity
forgiveness, pornography, purity, sex, sexual purity

Easily Entangled (Hebrews 12:1): One Christian Man’s Battle with Pornography

At the age of eleven I put my faith in Christ. I was drawn to the foot of the cross and decided to follow Jesus. I loved God with all my heart and was so grateful to be one of His forgiven children.

Shortly after that milestone in my life, I entered puberty. All of a sudden things changed. My interest in females went from high to “off the charts.” The girls at school now touched off emotions that went to the core of my very being. I was a hormone on legs.

Mon, Jan 18, 2010
Randy Alcorn
Sexual Purity
forgiveness, forgiveness for past sins, grace, immorality, marriage, sex outside of marriage, sexual purity, virginity

As someone who has remained sexually pure, how do I forgive my girlfriend, who lost her virginity in the past?

Your desire to marry someone who has remained pure is a great goal. However, because we are sinful by nature, some people do have sex outside of marriage, maybe even before they became a Christian.

Thu, Jan 21, 2010
Randy Alcorn
Culture and Worldview, Prolife
abortion, forgiveness, naomi wolf, post-abortive counseling, post-abortive recovery, post-abortive trauma in men, prolife, prolife resources, sin

Finding Forgiveness After an Abortion

girl thinking There are two victims in an abortion—one dead, one damaged. If you have been damaged by an abortion, this appendix is written for you. And if you are a man who has been involved in an abortion decision—whether it concerned your girlfriend, wife, daughter, sister, friend, counselee, or parishioner—it is also for you.

Naomi Wolf looks to her conscience in responding to the attempts of society to rationalize and justify her abortion:

We don’t have to lie to ourselves about what we are doing at such a moment. Let us at least look with clarity ...

Tue, Nov 01, 1994
Randy Alcorn
Christian Life, Grace and Truth, Salvation
forgiveness, guilt, salvation, sin

Finding Forgiveness For Your Sin

Because of Christ’s death on our behalf, forgiveness is available to all.

Wed, Mar 28, 2007
Randy Alcorn
Christian Life, Doctrine and Theology, Salvation
forgiveness, sin

Good News: God Forgives

The forgiveness of God is a prominent theme throughout Scripture, one that should invoke from us expressions of wonder and praise. Here is a passage from the Old Testament. There are countless others throughout the Bible.

Westley Allen Dodd’s Eternity

I couldn’t sleep the night of January 4, 1993, so I turned on the coverage of the execution of Westley Allen Dodd. He was the man who tortured, raped and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington, about twenty minutes from where I live.

Sat, Dec 01, 2007
Randy Alcorn
Prolife
abortion, abortion & the bible, forgiveness, healing after abortion, post-abortive counseling, post-abortive recovery, post-abortive trauma in men, prolife, prolife resources

Can God Forgive Abortions?

If you’re a woman who’s had an abortion, or advised another to have one, this article is for you. If you’re a man who’s been involved in an abortion decision—whether it concerned your girlfriend, wife, daughter, or anyone it’s also for you.

Fri, Mar 05, 2010
Randy Alcorn
Christian Life, Heaven
eternity, forgiveness, heaven, salvation

Can You Know You’re Going to Heaven?

Can we really know in advance where we’re going when we die? The apostle John, the same one who wrote about the new heavens and New Earth, said in one of his letters, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13, emphasis added). We can know for sure that we have eternal life. We can know for sure that we will go to Heaven when we die.

Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Randy Alcorn
Christian Life, Doctrine and Theology
atonement, audio, biblical, doctrine, forgiveness, listen, perfectionism, scripture, sin, sinless, theology, videos, watch

Sinless Perfectionism (includes video)

I’ve been asked about sinless perfectionism, the belief that once someone becomes a Christian, they are no longer capable of sinning. Because they are clothed in the righteousness of Christ, because they are a new creation in Christ, therefore, just as Christ cannot sin, they cannot sin.

Thu, Mar 25, 2010
Randy Alcorn
Christian Life, Doctrine and Theology, Suffering and Evil
discipleship, forgiveness, pain, suffering

I struggle with forgiving my parents for the painful home environment I grew up in. Do you know of any books that could help me?

I highly recommend David Augsburger’s The Freedom of Forgiveness. Also, Philip Yancy’s What’s So Amazing about Grace?, which shows us how God’s forgiveness of us should result in our forgiveness of others. Another good one is Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve, by Lewis Smedes. In checking around on Amazon I also found a book called I Should Forgive, but . . . Finding Release from Anger and Bitterness, by Chuck Lynch. It might be helpful. I also found some good reader reviews of Forgiving Our Parents, Forgiving Ourselves: Healing Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families ...

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Easily Entangled (Hebrews 12:1): One Christian Man’s Battle with Pornography

As someone who has remained sexually pure, how do I forgive my girlfriend, who lost her virginity in the past?

Finding Forgiveness After an Abortion

Finding Forgiveness For Your Sin

Good News: God Forgives

Westley Allen Dodd’s Eternity

Can God Forgive Abortions?

Can You Know You’re Going to Heaven?

Sinless Perfectionism (includes video)

I struggle with forgiving my parents for the painful home environment I grew up in. Do you know of any books that could help me?

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