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 […]
Everyone who does counseling knows that there are 1,000s of things that happen in a session that can be interpreted in any number of ways. When a person recounts a situation, he must leave out things and also include things. If the event being recounted took an hour to occur and the story teller only […]
by Lisa Leidenfrost “I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved” (Psalm 16:8). Here is some encouragement to seasoned warriors, for people who have lived long enough in this life to have had their struggles, learned from them, and are still standing to […]
Hi Dr. Lawyer, Hope you are well. How do I help my friend who found out her husband has been cheating on her for 3 years? It took me about 20 minutes to process what happened after I heard and then I cried. It’s heart breaking. She has a 12-year-old and a 1.5-year-old and is […]
Don’t Waste Your Cancer by John Piper February 15, 2006 I write this on the eve of prostate surgery. I believe in Gods power to heal by miracle and by medicine. I believe it is right and good to pray for both kinds of healing. Cancer is not wasted when it is healed by God. […]
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who […]
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 […]
Dear Pastor Mike, How does something like this fit into God’s intricate plan for the world? How does the brutal death of this little girl build God’s Kingdom on Earth? If He doesn’t care enough about her to save her, then why should He care about any of us? Serious question. Hi Serious, Several […]
Hello all, I thought I would update you on how Eileen’s CT scan went last week. Background: Last January we visited the specialist in Seattle. He advised us, because Eileen’s hands and feet were going numb, that we should cut back on the kind of chemo she was receiving. This was called a maintenance dose. […]
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