It’s that time of year…
At this time of year, it is popular in our culture to encourage people to make a New Year’s resolution. The New Year is a time of hope for change. Of course, the diet industry and the fitness industry love this because it means a host of new people will be signing up to implement their next change. I think to a certain degree our culture misunderstands the frailty of mankind. The Bible points to mankind as being created in the image of God but tainted by sin in such a way that man is ultimately morally depraved and bankrupt without God’s assistance. So every year, people resolve to try to change their fleshly nature by resolving to exercise more or eat better. According to a 2005 survey by Kraft and the South Beach diet, the average dieting resolution lasts 33...
How to Deal with the Past – Part 3
By Dr. Nicolas Ellen, Biblical Counseling Professor For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. Make sure you check these out, and look for the final Part 4 next week! Third, in order to deal with the past you must confess and repent of present sinful attitudes, words, and actions toward past experiences (Prv 28:13-14). Look at the sinful belief system you have developed towards God and others as a result of the past and acknowledge it to God while turning away from it and replacing it with the right belief system. Many of you may think that God is powerful, but He does not love you because of what He has allowed to happen in your life. You may tend to believe that no one else will truly love you either. As a result you find yourself bitter and angry...
Family Matters: Valentine’s Day Gone Wrong
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