By Lisa Leidenfrost “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (2 Thessalonians 5:16-18). “Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Offer to God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High. Call upon Me in the […]
Ever-Ready
Counseling can sound like a big & intimidating thing to do. Most Christians perhaps feel uncertain and ill-equipped to help others grow in Christ. In reality, Christian counseling is just another way of saying “discipleship”. Which, Scripture teaches us, is something every Christian can and should be doing. As believers, we should seek to know […]
Why Do I Feel Guilty?
Why Do I Feel Guilty/ CRF talk 11-7-16 Introduction: People feel guilty for all kinds of things: for speeding (those aren’t speed suggestion signs), for not remembering their father’s birthday, for not cleaning up their rooms, for not reading all the required reading for a course, when they said they did; the list can go […]
The New Creation Sees Jesus As Precious
The Bible tells us that God is love (1 Jn. 4:8). It also tells us that the reason he sent his son to die for us is because he loves us (Jn. 3:16). It was both a kind of sentimental kind of love, because he is love he does things that are loving. It was […]
No Way Up
I was recently asked a number of questions about comments that were made to an article about a pastor in the SBC pastor who had preached a sermon in response to his son’s revealing that he was gay. You can find the article here. My responses to the comments may have very little to do with […]
Judge Not
I was recently asked a number of questions about comments that were made to an article about a pastor in the SBC who had preached a sermon in response to his son’s revealing that he was gay. You can find the article here, though my responses to the comments may have very little to do […]
Daddy is Having a Difficult Time With his Anger
Hi Dr. Lawyer, My husband is an angry man. When we hear his car in the driveway, after work, the whole home goes into combat mode. Everyone does everything they can to avoid contact with Dad because he is going to be in a “mood” and it isn’t a good thing to get in his […]
More On the Way We’re Being Loved
Some of you may have noticed the recent post by Daniel Foucachon of the members of Christ Church and Trinity Reformed Church singing hymns to God outside our house last Sunday. It was an incredible blessing to my wife and our family to have them all there. They have asked if they can come back […]
The Navy Way?
“There’s a right way, a wrong way, and the Navy way.” This was a quote I heard quite a bit when I was in the Navy. It was usually offered when something that we were told to do just didn’t seem to make sense. The longer I was in the Navy, however, more I came […]