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[Also: Female Pastors Bring Hope to War-Torn Middle East Churches] Also: Female Pastors Bring Hope to War-Torn Middle East Churches | [View online]( [Christianity Today Direct Newsletter]( Monday, May 01, 2017 COVER STORY [The Science of Sinning Less]( What new research reveals about self-control and willpower. BRADLEY WRIGHT WITH DAVID CARREON As a Christian, I have often wondered about my failures of self-control. Why is it that I can know what I want to do, carefully plan to do it, and then do something completely different — something unhelpful and often directly opposed to my beliefs? As Paul wrote, "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." To make matters worse, for the longest time I had no idea how to change the situation other than to try again and hope for the best. 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