A few months ago, someone sent me a link to this article and asked me what I thought. This is my response. There were a couple of good things and one or two Biblically accurate things in this article. They mentioned that sin started in the Garden that sin is sinful and most important for […]
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 […]
Dear Mable, You asked what a godly wife looks like, so here goes. First, in order to talk about a godly wife, we need to talk about what godly means. Of course, a wife is someone who is married to a husband. That part is easy. But godly, now there’s the rub. What does godly […]
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. 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 Pastor Lawyer, Thank you for writing […]
The letters I answer in this space were made. 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 Pastor Lawyer, I’ve been trying […]
Dear Pastor Lawyer, Thank you for writing back to me so quickly. I’ve been praying about the things you wrote about and even looking things up in the Bible. I decided that things were horrible enough that unless I gave my life to Jesus, I would be lonely and miserable no matter what happens between […]
Because of some confusion on how dangerous Roy might be, and because of some helpful comments, I’ve edited this post a bit. I hope it helps. Dear Pastor, You’ll never believe the terrible state of my marriage. I was raised in a Christian family. My father and mother never fought. I wasn’t rebellious as a […]
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, […]
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