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Nobody wakes up far from God. They arrive there by a series of small, reasonable-sounding steps. These are written to help you spot the steps while they are still small.
Seven Signs Your Faith Is Quietly DegradingDiscernment · 6 min · Nobody wakes up far from God. They arrive there by a series of small, reasonable-sounding steps.How Temptation Actually Works — and Where It BreaksWarfare · 7 min · Temptation has a sequence. Learn it, and you can interrupt it at the point where interrupting still costs you almost nothing.The Luring Influences: What Is Discipling You Without Your ConsentCulture · 6 min · You are being formed by something every day. The only question is whether you chose it.Stand Tall: How to Pray Against What Is Pulling You DownStanding · 6 min · Four times in one passage Paul says 'stand.' He never once says advance, and he never once says retreat.The Drift: Why Good Christians Wake Up Far From GodFormation · 5 min · Hebrews warns about drifting, not defecting. The danger is not a decision. It is the absence of one.Guarding the Gates: Eyes, Ears, Company, AppetiteDiscipline · 6 min · Cities did not fall because the walls were weak. They fell because a gate was unattended.When God Is SilentEndurance · 6 min · Silence is not absence, and it is not always discipline. Sometimes it is formation you could not receive any other way.Building a Life That HoldsGrowth · 6 min · The people whose faith survives decades almost never have a dramatic story. They have unremarkable habits kept for a very long time.