Dear Dr. Lawyer, So what am I doing wrong if I’m drawing closer to Christ in every way I know how (Bible reading, church, Bible study, Christian friends), and I do feel fulfilled as a mother, but I wouldn’t call myself joyful? It’s more 90% of an ‘I made it through another day’ type of […]
Over the years I’ve noticed that what motivates people to change is not always telling them things they need to hear. Sometimes, maybe usually, it involves creating the kind of relationship with the person that will change them via presence and love. So, if a boss is being mean to his employees, it usually doesn’t […]
We are excited to share these messages fromGrace Agenda 2019: Keep Your Kids! The last several years Christ Church has tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at christkirk.com/give. Be sure to select ‘Grace Agenda’ in […]
So make no mistake about it. How a husband and wife build their marriage day by day and year by year is fundamentally shaped by their theology. It governs how you think, what you say, and how you act. Your theology governs your entire life. And it determines how you live in your marriage. When […]
Introduction What I have in mind here that would qualify as a difficult discussion is one where you’d rather not have it, but you love God and the person too much to let things go any further. Your friend is hurting himself; either spiritually, reputationally, relationally, or something else. But you’ve been watching things for […]
By Douglas Wilson You can read this post on his blog here. Dear Allen and Carol, I am writing both of you together because I believe we need to tie this up into one bundle. Carol, you have been corresponding with Nancy for a number of weeks now, and Allen, you and I have been […]
When Bill opened the door and Julie realized who it was, she jumped out of her chair, which she had just sat down on to take a short break, and ran to Bill with her arms open and a big smile on her face. She said, “You’re home! I love it when you come home! […]
After a long, difficult day at the office, Bill comes home to a house filled with boisterous children and a really pooped wife. By long and difficult I mean that Bill’s job, in the normal state of affairs, takes 90 minutes to get to. But today, there was an accident on the way home that […]
By Douglas Wilson Dear Janelle, I received your letter yesterday, and had already heard from your brother and sister-in-law. They confirmed for me the very difficult and challenging situation you are in with your husband, and they said that they had encouraged you to write to me with your question. I was glad to hear […]
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