Rocks, Bread, and Living for Sex
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Rocks, Bread, and Living for Sex

The reality is that many men are working hard to overcome a problem that they don’t even truly see as a real evil. They know it’s wrong, because that's what they've been taught, and they know that it hurts those they love. However, deep down in their hearts, in the moment of temptation, they believe that it is a good.

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Perfume Wars and Hidden Sins
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Perfume Wars and Hidden Sins

It’s funny that in our pungent clashes, we thought we were getting away with it because we would make sure no one was looking. But to say our battle was hidden is laughable. Our sin works the same way. The effects of even the most hidden sin can be contained as effectively as the smell of our perfume war.

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Defending the Temple
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Defending the Temple

How much value do we place on the sanctity of God’s Temple? While the children of Israel were literally willing to stack their bodies up in heaps to defend the Temple in Jerusalem, have we even settled the basic question of who owns our bodies? Have we allowed our enemies an open door to what is sacred?

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Flanked by the Enemy
Joseph Leavell Joseph Leavell

Flanked by the Enemy

We are not snipers and commandos who must fight our spiritual battles in isolation. We are meant to be one singular fighting unit who fight for the survival of the man in the foxhole next to him.

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