Very sad story out of New Zealand. A 30 year old woman dies and the family blames a poor diet and her consumption of 10 liters per day of Coca-cola for her death. Read the full article here: http://www.smh.com.au/world/is-coke-addictive-coroner-takes-on-soft-drinks-giant-20130213-2ebor.html The article cites one person as saying “her Coke habit had become an addiction: ‘She would…
Christianity in America tends to latch on to catch phrases that people like to use in EVERY context possible but really fall short in some situations. “One day at a time” and “God never puts more on you than you can handle” and similar phrases are nice, quip-py phrases meant to be helpful but how helpful are they in…
What a blessing to be an author in the new book entitled, Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling! I worked on chapter 21 with Jeremy Pierre from Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY (my birthplace and favorite university team). Our chapter is called: The Nature of the Biblical Counseling Relationship and was a fun challenge to write. It was a…
As believers in Christ, we are called out of DARKNESS into His marvelous light as I Peter 2:9 states: “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” I love that verse and know it…
For those enslaved to drugs and alcohol, the local church is the answer. Once a drug-addicted person is detoxed from their drug of choice, the body of Christ offers the best means of support and transformation available. If your church does not have the resources to host big group “addiction” meetings but you would like…
Our culture continues to re-label sin. Such concepts as stealing and being a thief are now called “kleptomania” in certain cases. In the news now, General Petraeus “had an affair” which sounds so fun, innocent, and romantic. Biblically, however, he committed adultery since he was a married man and that is sin against God and…
In Mark 6:7-13, Jesus sent His disciples out two by two with specific instructions: And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their…
Ok, I think most of you know that I am not a Scientologist or endorsing the Church of Scientology. Surely, that is not an issue. But when I see something that is right on target regarding the issue of psychiatric disorders, I have to let you know about it. Check out this link endorsed by…
A new ministry of Truth in Love Ministries has been launched called “The Addiction Connection” and we are excited about this new focused initiative on addiction at: www.theaddictionconnection.com Be one of the first to go to this website as it is about a day “live” now! We’ve put together a national team of committed Christ followers…
This is the title of a REAL children’s book (please don’t buy it!) and it is about a boy whose feelings are subjectively and supposedly from a chemical imbalance (though their is no scientific evidence for such) in his brain. But the good news is that his feelings can be controlled by “good” medicines (though…
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