The following is an important article by my friend Ruth Anne Dean. In it she tells us about a widely misundertstood disorder of the brain which almost took her life. She is an encouragement to me for the way in which she has endured deep suffering and yet emerged in…
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Philippians 1:15-17 ESV Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. (16) The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. (17) The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to…
Read MoreIsaiah 13:11 ESV I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless. Repeatedly the Bible connects arrogance, haughtiness, and pride with the wicked. Evil has…
Read MoreProverbs 26:23 ESV Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart. Here is a very important insight shared today by Survivor, a commenter at my Light for Dark Times blog. She pointed us to the verse above. Even Christian marriage counselors do not understand…
Read MoreI have one question for pastors, counselors, and anyone else who wants to "counsel" a domestic abuse victim. Actually I have several questions such as "can you tell me what domestic abuse is?" Or, "Tell me how a domestic abuse case differs from other types of marriage counseling cases." But…
Read MoreBut that is not the way you learned Christ! — assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to…
Read MoreActs 19:18-19 ESV Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. (19) And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it…
Read MoreJohn 3:7 ESV Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ With some frequency I receive reports from domestic abuse victims/survivors about how they were directed to various types of short term programs that promised a cure for their marriage. A common name for such…
Read MorePsalms 69:4 ESV More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore? Psalms 109:2-5 ESV For wicked and deceitful mouths are…
Read MoreRomans 8:16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, I know what it feels like. To have someone come up to you and tell you how much your abuser has changed for the good. After years of evil treatment at his hands, you…
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