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Table of Contents
- Love Compels to Discipline, but Law Compels to Punish • November 14, 2024
- Love, Don’t Hate, the Liars • November 9, 2020
- Love: A New Command – Part 1 • November 2, 2023
- Love: A New Command – Part 2 • November 9, 2023
- Loving Others First • December 7, 2007
- Loving Others — What Does It Look Like? • February 4, 2020
- Maintaining a Healthy Brain • February 9, 2008
- Manicures and Spas: Should I Feel Guilty • October 22, 2010
- Marijuana – The Science Behind the Smoke • February 6, 2018
- Marijuana – What Affect Does It Have? • May 20, 2010
- Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage • July 17, 2009
- Mass Delusion: How It Happens and How to Protect Your Mind • January 13, 2022
- Mass Shootings — The Real Cause • August 13, 2019
- Medical Marijuana and Psychiatric Illness – A Call to Action • January 21, 2013
- Meekness Is Not Weakness • April 28, 2022
- Meeting in Person During the Pandemic • September 16, 2020
- Merry CHRISTmas • December 23, 2021
- Metaphors of the Atonement • April 23, 2011
- Miracle Healing Via Dead Spirits? What’s Going On? • May 7, 2010
- Misunderstanding the Truth • June 19, 2009
- Modern Science Upends the Scopes Monkey Trial Verdict • October 31, 2024
- Mother’s Stress & Her Child’s Brain • January 11, 2011
- Music and the Brain • May 8, 2011
- My Sin Is Not as Bad as Your Sin • April 22, 2021
- Naaman: An Object Lesson for Us • December 21, 2023
- Near Death Experiences • February 6, 2009
- Nebuchadnezzar—Lessons in God’s Grace • December 14, 2023
- New Wine in Old Skins • February 20, 2019
- No One Escapes the War Between Good and Evil • May 19, 2022
- Only God Is Infallible • July 7, 2022
- Open Theism • November 1, 2008
- Our Resistance and God’s Persistence • January 4, 2024
- Our Two Natures: Gaining the Victory! • June 20, 2010
- Overcoming Evil • March 13, 2025
- Parables of Jesus – The Overarching Theme • August 25, 2020
- Parents Represent God to Their Children • June 8, 2023
- Pastors Faithful to Jesus Think for Themselves • January 16, 2025
- Peace and Victory When Evil Abounds • January 5, 2023
- Peace in a Violent World • February 14, 2019
- Penal Substitution versus Design Law – What’s the Difference? • July 18, 2018
- Penal Substitution: Modern Baal Worship • May 12, 2020
- Perfecting Christian Character • January 22, 2012
- Politics and the Gospel • July 6, 2023
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder • March 25, 2020
- Prayer Beads: The Upside and Dangers • April 3, 2009
- Pre- or Post-Tribulation Rapture? • October 17, 2019
- Premarital Sex – Should I Stop When I Come To Christ? • October 28, 2010
- Prepare! The King of the North Is Coming • February 24, 2022
- Priests and Child Abuse — A Predictable Result • September 5, 2018
- Psalms 23 – The Path to Eternal Life • February 11, 2013
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Work or Handouts: How to Help Those in Need
In my 2018 blog, The Benefits of Work, I described how work benefits people in multiple ways. Today, I want to explore a different aspect of work — and the lack thereof.
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Suicide: Risk and Prevention
For the past decade, the suicide rate among teens has been increasing. Among teen boys, suicide completion has increased 33 percent over the last 10 years, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Where Is Your Citizenship?
Do you identify yourself as an American, Canadian, Australian, South African, or as some other nationality? I was raised to be a proud American—to wave the flag, to celebrate Independence Day, and to revel in the storied history of my nation.
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Critical Thinking and a Confused Society
Every day, I am amazed at how often contradictory and conflated ideas are presented that go unchallenged in our society. For instance, how a clear truth can be twisted into a lie
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Demon or Holy Spirit Possession?
As I have traveled around the world, one of the questions I am often asked is about demon possession. “What is demon possession?” and “What can I do about it?” are some of the frequent questions I receive, whether I’m in a nation known for its superstition or in a secular-dominated country.
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The Journey of Life: The Roads We Travel — Part 2
The journey of life can be tough. There are many roads, not all equally healthy. In part 1 of this series we examined Walking in Ignorance, Illiteracy and Infancy. Consider the remaining paths below as you decide the way you will walk through life.
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The Journey of Life: The Roads We Travel — Part 1
Filled with all its challenges, stressors, sickness, and conflicts, life can be hard. Many people come to see me in the midst of their struggles, desperately searching for a better way to live. But, as I teach them to find practical strategies that will help them cope, I have also discovered that our understanding of reality — how life works — has a direct impact on our understanding of what is happening to us and our ability to cope with the stress.
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Finding Peace when Life Is Stressful
Do you ever get stressed, worried, tense, keyed-up? In this world, we cannot avoid moments of stress because stressful events occur. When such events do occur, our bodies have an adaptive response to provide us quick energy and activate our body’s defenses (immune system) to protect us from injury or infection.
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Anger — Righteous Indignation or Selfish Retaliation?
Do you ever get angry? Recently, I was reading an article about marriage in which a Christian author was describing various indicators that might point to demonic oppression as a contributing cause to marital problems. One indicator he listed was “inappropriate anger.”
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Laughter, Health, and God’s Law
The Bible says that “a merry heart does good, like medicine” (Proverbs 17:22 NKJV). But does being merry and cheerful actually bring real, measurable health benefits? According to science, the answer is a resounding “yes.” Here are just a few findings
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The False Allure of Universalism
Recently, I received an email from a sincere lady who expressed her appreciation for my book The God-Shaped Brain, but was concerned that I have failed to embrace the fullness of God’s love by not promoting Universalism. She cited 1 Corinthians 13:8, that “love never fails,”
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Exegesis and the Thought Police
Have you ever received a note or email with a comment that went something like this: According to Professor Smarter-than-you of the Biblical Academic Institution, your exegesis on Bible text such and such is incorrect”?
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