Once we are admittedly sick it is easy to set up the physician as god. Surrounded by his pills, surgical instruments, or other medical technology surely he has the power to make us well. Admittedly it is tempting for the physician to assume the role of deity. This is a false assumption.
Your Doctor is Not God Read More »
When is a baby a person?
Human Personhood Begins at Conception Read More »
A thorough discussion of the role of physicians and pastors in psychotherapy and counseling from a Biblical perspective.
The Physician, The Pastor, Psychotherapy, and Counseling Read More »
Matthew 26:39 NKJV
He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
It struck me, the other day, that the ultimate sin — the foundational mindset that causes us to sin — is a matter of control. We sin because we want to control… to control our circumstances, to control those around us, to control our future. We win because we want some thing rather than being willing to let God and trust God to give us what He wants.
Do You Have Control? Read More »
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Lewis Smedes
I wrote an article advancing a revolutionary notion: Forgiveness isn’t… easy.
No kidding.
We all struggle to forgive when we’ve been hurt. That’s sort of obvious.
So here’s a question: If it’s so hard, why bother? Why go to all the trouble of forgiving?
Why not get revenge? Why shouldn’t I make that other person suffer? Why just let it go and let him get away with it?
The Real Power Of Forgiveness Read More »
Ask Angie: My husband and I are not on the same page when it comes to trust issues, today something came up that hit a button that really showed me how I don’t trust him. He did something I felt went behind my back. When I found out about it, I was very upset. I felt he was being dishonest with me and I then realized why I don’t trust him. See he is done these things most of our married life. When I comforted him I let him know that his behavior is what I don’t trust. That this kind of behavior cannot go on. That is this kind of behavior that is the reason I don’t trust him and that it is his job to restore my trust in him.
Losing Trust in Spouse, Regaining that Trust Read More »
I will begin by saying that there are vast differences of opinion as to which emotion or event in people’s lives contributes to loneliness more frequently than the absents of the sense of touch, or I could say the lack of touch. Questions that might be asked are; “Does the individual ever get enough hugs, a hand that gently caresses, the stimulating vibration of the spoken word as it strokes the skin.”
Emotional Communication: Touch and Loneliness Read More »
Forgiveness isn’t easy. When someone hurts me, my natural reaction is not forgiveness. How can I forgive something this bad?
Have you ever heard (or asked) that question?
Forgiveness isn’t our first impulse. We’ve all been hurt, and “letting it go” isn’t programmed into our menu of responses. We want to fight back, to hurt the one who hurt us.
The common phrase “don’t get mad, get even” sounds clever, but there’s really no such place as “even.” Revenge only perpetuates a hurtful cycle. To paraphrase Ghandi, eye for eye and tooth for tooth leaves us with a world full of toothless blind people.
Forgiveness isn’t Easy Read More »
Hebrews 6:10, 19 mkjv
For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. . . . This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil.
In the Midst of Craziness, There is Sanity Read More »
