I thought I would write a short note about what we’re supposed to do with all those Bible references that folks stick at the end of sentences in things they write. Here are a few examples from something I recently wrote: The Bible says for husbands to love their wives like Christ loved the church […]
When folks come for counsel and it appears that they have a goofy view of who they are, I often give them homework that consists of a couple of pages with hundreds of scripture references that talk about who God says they are. They/we need to get our identity about who we are by reading […]
Hi Wilhemina, About your questions: One thing that might be helpful is for you to find some chapters and verses for what you’re being critical about. For example, you said you want to do everything for Jesus, but nothing you do is “good enough.” So, what does “good enough” mean? Does it mean that when […]
After high school, I spent four very cool years in the Navy riding around in a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine (USS Ray SSN 653). When you are stationed on a boat (submarines are called boats), you need to spend close to a year getting what they called “qualified.” Getting qualified means learning every system on […]
Yesterday I posted a list of things that can make change difficult. You can read it here. Today, I have another list of things that often make change hard. Sometimes the fear of failing can make change difficult. We may have tried that before and things went well for a few weeks, but then the wheels […]
I work with a lot of people who need to make some changes in the way they think about God and their subsequent behavior. Some people take to change like ducks to water. But other people really have a hard time changing. I’d like to take a few moments to talk about why I think […]
I think it’s rather easy to agree that a heterosexual man who commits adultery with a woman has sinned — they both have. We get that. A homosexual man, acting on that impulse with another man, has sinned — they both have. Moving back one step, to the level of desire, a heterosexual man desiring […]
I recently attended and spoke at (one of the breakout sessions) a conference in Spokane, WA. The main speaker was Dr. Stuart Scott. His main topic was God’s Will and Biblical Decision Making. You can hear all the talks and see all the notes here. You can find my talk here. Topics of other talks include: Diagnosis: […]
My last post talked about owning our sin, particularly the sin of adultery. But I didn’t have space to talk about what someone who has sinned does now. That’s what this post is about. The status is that the person has confessed his (I know women commit adultery too, it just gets crazy to say, […]
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