Such a range of topics can be covered in a recovery counseling session! I can move from Johari windows to the Apostle Paul’s progression of humility revealed in Scripture to reading The Velveteen Rabbit to John Wesley’s Holy Club questions! Oh, the places...
Thirteen years ago I engaged in some correspondence with a well-known social justice warrior (SJW) theologian/preacher. He did not like my read on what brings a person to salvation and a real relationship with Christ…..conviction, repentance, confession,...
I have heard different people try to describe this mystery of the Trinitarian nature of God through various metaphors. How do we attempt to describe and understand it? Metaphors- – Egg shell, white, yolk- not best choice….3 different and distinct and even...
Sometimes as we talk in counseling about the ways in which God has been present to us, I discuss with the women the concept of the “continental divide” of our faith…..that epiphany moment following an uphill journey in search of sufficient evidence to overcome...
The article referenced below on “The Platinum Rule” is interesting, but I don’t find it particularly helpful in light of the current situation within many contexts- churches, workplaces, and communities. For merely superficial, casual associations or...
From Dr. Timothy Tennent of Asbury Theological Seminary: An examination of church history reveals that the church has faced a major crisis roughly every 500 years. The first was in connection with the Council of Chalcedon in 451 A.D. and the struggle to eradicate...
