by Mark Shaw | Mar 12, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
Remember James 4:6 states: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” The picture I think of is playing tennis against God. When we are proud, we are on the opposite side of the net against God and there is no way we are going to win against Him in...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 5, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark, TRANSFORMED, Truth in Love Staff
Shouldn’t be a surprise that marijuana causes problems with our mental health but I don’t think people realize how much doing illicit drugs affects someone’s ability to think and make good decisions that please the Lord. Are we seeing more...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 28, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
Can you present the Gospel without mentioning the bad news that we all have a sin problem that is going to kill us and send us to a real place in eternity called Hell? Sin is a vital ingredient of the Gospel like apples are a vital ingredient to apple pie! We have a...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 20, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark, Prayer Requests
What does our culture deny the reality of – on a daily basis? How about this answer: sin and our sinful natures that are replaced by the power of Christ Who alone transforms the human will (Rom. 12:1-2). Just watch the news. People see death, crime, and...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 8, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
No!!! So why do people incorrectly think and say that they have to “forgive God” as if God has done something wrong? God NEVER sins. God NEVER wrongs us. God is good. God is love. God is just, perfect, holy, and righteous. There is no fault in God. None. I...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 1, 2010 | Announcements, Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
Psychology means the “study of the soul” and quite frankly, that’s all secular psychologists do. They study the inner person of man that we call the soul. Some psychiatrists can give medicines but is that helping the soul or the body? When a soul is...
