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Our shameless culture

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  • Johan D. Tangelder

The author looks at how our society has become shameless. Things like shame, nakedness, sexuality and the shamelessness of the media is discussed.

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Peace, Not Shame: The Gospel of Luke Ch. 1

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  • Le Ann Trees

What motivates the choices you make? Many people are driven by fear of shame and a need for approval. This article shows from Luke 1, particularly the account of Elizabeth, that in Christ your shame is taken away and replaced with peace.

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Hiding

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  • Paul D. Tripp

Are you hiding your struggles from others? Some people hide their struggles because of fear and shame. This article explains that we need not hide in shame and fear, but rest in Christ.

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Ten Things You Should Know about Shame and Guilt

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  • Sam Storms

Shame and guilt are not the same. What is the difference between the two? How can we be free from the effects of shame? This article addresses these questions, pointing you to ten things you need to know about guilt and shame.

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How the Holy Spirit Delivers Us from Shame

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  • Sam Storms

Shame has to do with feeling worthless. How do you overcome this feeling of shame? This article explains what shame is, the effects of shame, and how the Holy Spirit delivers us from shame.

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Four Things to Believe When Guilt Overwhelms You

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  • Leah Baugh

Guilt and shame can be overwhelming at times. As a Christian how should you respond when guilt overwhelms you? This article discusses four things to believe.

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Victory over the Shame of Sexual Abuse

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  • Anonymous

This article shows how shame is such a big part of any kind of abuse or sin. It also shows how it is only through Christ's blood and power that we may put shame to death.

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The Guilt and the Shame

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  • Tim Challies

How should Christians deal with guilt and shame? This article advises believers to see the experience of guilt and shame as an opportunity to turn again to the Lord.

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The New/Old Way Our Culture Pressures Us to Conform

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  • Tim Challies

The means that culture has used throughout to pressure Christians to conform to the world is either through fear, guilt, or shame. This article looks at the pressure of honour and shame.

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Challenging the Authority of Jesus: Mark 11:27–33 and Mediterranean Notions of Honour and Shame

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  • Joseph H. Hellerman

How important is a good understanding of the cultural world of the early Christians? This article wants to examine carefully Jesus' encounter with some of his adversaries narrated in Mark 11:27-33. The author highlights the way that the values of honour and shame functioned in Mediterranean culture, and illumines the text at crucial points.

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The Many Faces of Shame

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  • Edward T. Welch

This article gives some thought to the multi-faceted nature of shame, and shows how Christ enters into the lives of the shamed.

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Sexual Sanity for Men – Life in the Wasteland

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  • David White

This volume wants to help men with their daily battle against sexual sins and immorality. Chapter 1 describes the situation men are left in after sexual sin as a “wasteland.” Sexual sin results in desolation. It cannot make good on its promises of excitement and pleasure. It delivers discontent and insatiable craving.

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The Trouble & Trial of Fallen Sinners

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  • Joel R. Beeke

Looking at Genesis 3, this article shows how the fall has impacted man by bringing corruption, shame, alienation, and death.

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Faith and Shame

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  • Jannes Smith

From Psalm 25 this article shows how faith can result in shame, for trusting makes you vulnerable.

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Sharing in the Coronation of Christ

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  • Arthur van Delden

This article shows how Jesus restored us from shame to glory.

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Shame

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  • Bill Langerak

Shame has its ultimate source in sin. However, not all shame comes as a result of sinning. This article shows the many ways in which shame expresses itself and how the Bible speaks about this shame.

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Royal Children: Clothed With Humility and Honor

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  • Jan Miersma

Fashion trends are everywhere. How should Christians think about the way they dress? This article addresses the daughters of God, discussing clothing and modesty. The author looks at the biblical perspective on nakedness as being linked to shame. Is there a spiritual significance to this act of covering the skin?

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The Cure For Shame

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  • Sammy Rhodes

Due to the Fall, all individuals experience shame. This article discusses a right and wrong approach to dealing with feelings of shame.

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Why the Message of the Reformation is Meaningless to Modern Men and Women

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  • John van Regenmorter

This article is about how the Bible looks at guilt and the need for atonement. It also looks at the opposite view in society today. There is almost no idea of shame anymore, and everything focuses on the needs of people.

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Faith and Shame

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  • Jannes Smith

This article on shame is about helping hurting and vulnerable Christians. The author also discusses Psalm 25:2.

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The Rebellion of Nudity and the Meaning of Clothing

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  • John Piper

With the fall into sin, Adam and Eve became ashamed of their nudity (Genesis 3). Why did their nudity become a source of shame? 

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Embracing the Pain of Shame

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  • John Piper

Not all kinds of shame are reason to be ashamed. The apostles sometimes rejoiced that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.

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Prayer that is not the grateful response of the justified sinner is likely to degenerate into an attempt to gain acceptance with God, apart from Christ. Graeme Goldsworthy
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