Author: Tim Jennings, M.D.

  • Genuine Intimacy – What is it and Can Singles Experience it?

    Genuine Intimacy – What is it and Can Singles Experience it?

    What exactly is intimacy? Is it a human need or just a want? Is it just for marriage? If it is a need we were created with, how do singles fulfill that need without violating the design protocol?

  • Abuse, Christian Reconciliation, and Boundaries

    Abuse, Christian Reconciliation, and Boundaries

    Where and how does one draw the line between Christian reconciliation and not having contact with an individual who is verbally abusive?

  • Subpoenaed By God

    Subpoenaed By God

    “You are my witnesses,’ says the Lord…” (Is 43:10) Have you ever thought about being a witness for God? Could God really need human beings to testify about Him? If […]

  • 10 Simple Steps to a Healthy Brain

    10 Simple Steps to a Healthy Brain

    Approximately one in three Americans is chronically sleep deprived, sleeping less than seven hours per night. Sleep is one of four physical requirements for life, along with air, water, and food. Yet far too many people fail to provide their brain and body with adequate sleep.

  • Biblical Justice: What Is It?

    Biblical Justice: What Is It?

    On September 20, 2001, just nine days after terrorists attacked the United States in four hijacked passenger jets, President George W. Bush addressed a joint session of congress. In that speech President Bush stated, “Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.”

  • The Gospel for Today

    The Gospel for Today

    God is love. When God built His universe, He constructed it to operate in harmony with His nature and character. The construction protocol upon which the universe is built is commonly known as God’s law. The Bible tells us that this law is the “law of love,” which is not a feeling, but the principle…

  • Righteousness: A Real Change of Heart

    Righteousness: A Real Change of Heart

    This week in my devotional I came across the following quotation from one of the founders of my church: Christ came to manifest the love of God to the world, to draw the hearts of all men to Himself. He said, “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men…

  • Perfecting Christian Character

    Perfecting Christian Character

    Dr. Jennings, The words “perfecting character” seems to be a uniquely Adventist phrase. How can I help someone understand this concept from the Bible? JH The phrase “perfecting character” may […]

  • Reaching a Wayward Child

    Reaching a Wayward Child

    Would you be kind and provide information on the topic of how to reach my one and only son, who is lost and still in the ”PIG PEN” like a prodigal son but does not make an effort or has the will to change his life.  He does not appear to have vision for his…

  • Top 10 Ways To Establish a Healthy Marriage

    Top 10 Ways To Establish a Healthy Marriage

    10) Have your prospective spouse meet your family and friends and get feedback from them: During the dating process emotions generally are intense, deep and passionate. Oxytocin and dopamine are surging, which give us that giddy sense of pleasure, happiness and joy.

  • What would had happened to Jesus if the Jews would have Accepted Him?

    What would had happened to Jesus if the Jews would have Accepted Him?

    Thank you for your ministry.  I gathered much good info from this week’s lesson.  However, there is one point in the mp3 that I must ask you regarding the death […]

  • Top 10 Reasons NOT to Get Married

    Top 10 Reasons NOT to Get Married

    As a psychiatrist one of the most damaging situations I encounter is an unhealthy, dysfunctional marriage. While there are many factors that contribute to strained and broken marriages, one major problem is failing to find a suitable partner from the outset.