Cooperation as a Southern Baptist Distinctive…One of Four Things to Know This Week, April 10, 2025

A Word to the Wise: A Simple Truth to Fight Temptation (Chuck Lawless)

Here is the way Jesus taught us to pray about temptation: “And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matt 6:13). Albert Mohler, my president for many years when I served at Southern Seminary, notes these conclusions about this text:

• First, we must recognize that temptations are a real, daily threat to our life with Christ. 
• Second, we must understand that we are not able to resist temptation by our own power. 
• Third, we must pray for endurance in the fight against temptation. 
• Fourth, we must pray that the Lord delivers us from our own personal patterns of temptation. 

What most catches my attention, though, is that Jesus taught us to pray about temptation before we get into it.

Chuck Lawless, 3.28.25, A Simple Truth to Fight Temptation 

Here are Four Things to Know this Week:
 
1. Pastors and Churches Join for ‘Amazing’ Associational Revival (Baptist Press)
 
2. First-Person: Cooperation as a Southern Baptist Distinctive (Jeff Iorg, Baptist Press)
 
3. 4 Vital Aspects of Balanced Small Group Goals (Ken Braddy, Lifeway Research)
 
4. 12 Reasons Some Young Leaders Shy Away From Established Churches (Chuck Lawless)

 
Thank you for reading this blog. I hope it is a help to you.
 
To the praise of His glory,
 
Ray