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Struggle against Temptation

Four Seasons When You Will Face Temptation

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  • Tim Challies

This article suggests that the seasons of prosperity, spiritual formality, spiritual bliss, and self-confidence are times when you will face temptation.

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Tempted and Tried – Wrestling with Demons: Why Temptation Matters

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  • Russell D. Moore

The force of temptations ought to remind us of the reality of Satan and demons. There is also just one, Jesus Christ, who has ever wrestled the demons and prevailed. This chapter explores the reality of Satan, temptation, and demons. It also indicates where victory in this battle is to be found.

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Satan and the Original Temptation

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  • Joel R. Beeke

Looking at Genesis 3, this article shows the pattern Satan uses to tempt you to rebel against God's will: doubt God's Word, distort God's Word, deny God's Word and defy God's Word. Satan brings temptation in this way.

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Finding Hope in the Age of Temptation

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  • David P. Murray

This article provides some practice suggestions to help the Christian in the fight against temptation.

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Ten Things You Should Know about Temptation

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  • Sam Storms

What is temptation? What does it mean to be tempted? This article explains ten things you should know on the matter.

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Seven Ways to Resist Temptation

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  • Leah Baugh

There is one thing you can be certain about as a Christian: temptations will come your way. How do you resist temptation? Here are seven ways.

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Temptations during Difficulties

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  • Jared Wilson

How do you deal with difficult times? There are two temptations that come with facing difficult times, and this article discusses them.

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The Genesis of Sin

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  • Geoff Thomas

Where do temptation and testing come from? How do we keep away from temptation and sin? This article weighs in.

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Every Test and Every Temptation

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  • Tim Challies

Every Christian will face tests and temptations. Every test is an invitation to grow in your faith and draw closer to God; every temptation is an invitation to weaken your faith and push God away. You face that battle every day. How do you know which is which? The article weighs in.

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How to Know How Satan Is Tempting You

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  • Tim Challies

Every Christian faces temptations. How do you know the way Satan is tempting you? You know it when you begin to think that you can sin without consequence.

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Run! Run Away!

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  • Tim Challies

Run! This is the command Christians must heed when they face sin and temptation. This is what God tells us in 1 Corinthians 6:18 and 1 Timothy 6:9-11. We are both to run away from spiritual danger and to run after spiritual good.

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3 Truths to Speak to Your Temptation

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  • Tim Challies

The reality of life is that Christians will be tempted. How can you face those temptations? This article introduces three truths you need to know to battle temptation.

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Four Times in Life You Should Expect to Face Temptation

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  • Tim Challies

There are times in life when temptation seems to stick closer than other times. When are some of those times? This article discusses four of those times.

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8 Ways God Turns Temptations to Blessings

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  • Tim Challies

Temptation should lead you to prayer. This is one way God turns temptations to blessings. This article discusses seven more ways on how God does this.

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The Particular Temptations of Young Men

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  • Tim Challies

Purposelessness, idleness, pride, and lack of self control are temptations that young men face. This article explains what to do about them.

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Watch Temptation (8 Rules of Growing in Godliness)

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  • Tim Challies

Do you desire to grow in godliness? This article explains that growing in godliness is linked with the battle against temptation. Therefore, be careful of temptations.

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Comfort in Temptation

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  • Allen Brummel

Christians face temptations every day which challenge their faith and resolve. Is there any comfort in the midst of so many daily trials and temptations? Our comfort rests in God’s faithfulness and sovereign will. Christ, who also faced temptation, supports his church. The power to conquer temptation lies not in ourselves but in Christ.

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A Passion for Purity vs. Passive Prayers

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  • John Piper

Living a pure life to the glory of God includes spiritual warfare against very specific temptation. This article on Matthew 5:28-29 discusses resisting sexual temptation in particular.

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Three Ways to Defeat Demonic Opposition

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  • Whitney Woollard

Demonic opposition is real in the Christian life. How do Christians engage in this spiritual warfare? Learn to identify with Jesus in his victory, and follow his example.

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Lessons from "Temptation Resisted and Repulsed" by John Owen

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  • Jeremy Walker

This article considers some important lessons coming out of John Owen's writing on temptations.

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Temptation & Fruit

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  • Donald C. Macaskill

Key to fighting and overcoming temptation rests in knowing how temptation works, as described in the Bible. This article explains that.

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