“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness…” (Isa. 61:10 “For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.” (Ps. 149:4) On Thursday just […]
Thinking About Context
Dear Bob, I’ll try to address both of your letters in this one. I looked up the link you sent and noticed that at the end of it, after spending a ton of time describing the problem, they gave a simple set of things that would help the person who was suffering from dissociation: “Psychotherapy, […]
Is God Your Idol?
“O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory” (Ps 63:1–2). That’s a funny question, isn’t […]
Rejoicing Because I’m Blessed
I was recently mentioned in an article that may have been the reason you’re visiting my site. I love it when people do things that cause others to visit me. Please, since you’re here, spend some time looking around. Things you should notice are the absence of vitriol, bitterness, whining, complaining and just general cussedness […]
Smoking
The topic of quitting smoking came up today. I grew up in a non-smoking home, so it was never something I had to deal with. I grew up in a Baptist home and drinking and smoking were just things Christians didn’t do. So, I didn’t ever do it. There have been times when I’ve enjoyed […]
Hello, Old Friend
by Douglas Wilson Affliction can harden us, and affliction can melt us—just as heat hardens clay and melts wax. The same input can cause two completely different results. And you can see this in people. Some people who, when they go through hard times, get hard. Others go through difficulties and it only makes them […]
Maturing in Christ: Episode 37: Child Discipline 6
The latest edition of “How To Discipline your Children” can be found here.
Thrill and Responsible
It is always interesting to me how once I see something, I seem to see it everywhere. In this case, I see guys riding motorcycles without helmets. It seems to me that riding on a motorcycle without a helmet is a glorious thing. This is true, not necessarily because I could feel the wind rushing […]
Episode 16 – Disagreeing Agreeably
We put up another Podcast. You can find it here. We live in a world of differences: opinions, looks, ideas, thoughts, behaviors, etc. We often run into one another and don’t have all that great a time doing it. Today Dr. Lawyer us going to talk about how to disagree with folks agreeably.