Quotes from Mary A Kassian

Over-indulgence blinds us to the truth, turning us inward, making us slaves to our own insatiable desires."11 Don W. King

unthinkingly exposed themselves to so much deception that they do not even realize they are being deceived.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions." 2 Timothy 4:3

Our culture is obsessed with physical health and soundness. It advises us to avoid junk food, read labels, shop in whole-food stores, and pay more for organic foods. As a result, many people watch what they eat. But sadly, most are utterly unconcerned about their spiritual consumption. They are unaware that they are ingesting a lot of contaminated, unhealthy ideas.

True reverence is more than a transient feeling. It involves being ever mindful of God's presence and honoring Christ by being "temple-appropriate" in everything you do.

For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth." 2 Timothy 3:6–7

Hebrews 5:14 "Deception was—and still is—crucial to Satan's strategy.