“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s” (Ex 20:17) Recently, there has been a lot of talk about whether there are sins that are not outside the body. […]
A few comments have helped me to understand that my recent post on tattoos was less clear than I wanted it to be. Here’s the point. It wasn’t really about tattoos. It was about Christians being worldly and not noticing. It also wasn’t about shoes, the Beatles, the Navy, or me either. That wasn’t the […]
Hi Wilma, I know I told you I wouldn’t contact you unless you asked. But as I read through your last note, it is very clear that you haven’t understood some things. Please know I’m not asking you anything about your behavior. I’m not counseling you. I just thought it would be good to write […]
When we are little, we are told to do various things that we don’t understand but need to do anyway. “Johnny, don’t go into the street.” At two years old, we can’t understand why we can’t go into the street, but Mom said do it, so that’s what we do. As we get older, things […]
If a fellow is going to try to love his wife as Christ loved the church, he first needs to orient himself to who he is in the universe and who he is with God in the universe. Without this proper orientation, he will be making things up and flying by the seat of his […]
The letters I answer in this space were made up. They are at best a composite of various counseling situations I’ve been involved in over the years. If you recognize yourself in any of these situations, please know that that is most likely because they are very common situations. Dear Dr. Lawyer, I ran across […]
Dear Pastor Lawyer, We’ve been married for 15 years and my wife hates me. Before we were married, I led her into some ugly sin. I abused her, beat her, slept with her, got her drunk and we used a lot of drugs. I’m not saying that for most of this she didn’t enjoy herself, […]
Life Application Commentary—First John 1:1-4 Text: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to […]
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