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Table of Contents
- The Flood and the Question of Whether God Kills – Part 2 January 15, 2020
- The Four Judgments July 22, 2021
- The God-Shaped Brain Changing Lives June 6, 2013
- The Gospel for Today February 16, 2012
- The Gospel Is the Good News About God May 26, 2022
- The Great Controversy and COVID August 5, 2021
- The Green Delusion April 15, 2021
- The Healing Substitution Model June 4, 2010
- The Imminent Collapse of the United States April 6, 2023
- The Impending End of the Earth April 15, 2020
- The Infinite Sacrifice of Christ April 21, 2020
- The Injustice of Human Justice January 14, 2021
- The Insidiousness of Sin – and God’s Remedy June 3, 2020
- The Integrative Evidence-Based Approach to Finding Truth November 5, 2019
- The Journey of Life: The Roads We Travel — Part 1 May 29, 2019
- The Journey of Life: The Roads We Travel — Part 2 June 5, 2019
- The Kingdom of Love January 25, 2008
- The Law of Liberty and Society Today November 17, 2020
- The Lie That Led To Penal Substitution Theology January 10, 2019
- The Little Horn, God’s Law, and How You have been Deceived September 4, 2011
- The Most Holy Place: A Metaphor for Our Minds December 16, 2021
- The Never Ending Lie – You will not surely die! August 18, 2011
- The New Jerusalem—the Bride of Christ April 7, 2022
- The Old Testament, Modern Teaching, and the Integrative Evidenced-Based Approach June 22, 2023
- The Plagues of Egypt and the Seven Last Plagues: They Are NOT the Same August 15, 2024
- The Power of a Lie December 21, 2007
- The Power of Truth to Change the Brain May 10, 2018
- The Psychodynamics of Saul Becoming Paul December 19, 2024
- The Purpose of Confessing Our Sins to Others February 27, 2025
- The Question of Punishment – Part II April 18, 2008
- The Question of Punishment – Part III April 25, 2008
- The Question of Punishment Part I April 11, 2008
- The Renewed Mind and the Will of God December 8, 2022
- The Rich Young Ruler—Insights for Today August 3, 2023
- The Sabbath & Church Duties April 8, 2011
- The Science of Happiness June 27, 2024
- The Secret to Happiness and Joy May 5, 2020
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 1 February 18, 2021
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 2 February 25, 2021
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 3 March 4, 2021
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 4 March 11, 2021
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 5 March 18, 2021
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 6 March 25, 2021
- The Strangeness of God September 19, 2024
- The Sweetness of Trusting in Jesus November 24, 2022
- The Sword of God May 17, 2008
- The Temptations of Jesus: A Lesson for Us November 23, 2020
- The Ten Commandments of Religious Liberty: COVID and the Church’s Responsibility March 10, 2022
- The Timing of God in Sending His Son November 10, 2022
- The Trap of Perfectionism—the Fear of Making Mistakes May 8, 2025
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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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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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Selfishness and Governance
Selfishness is the root of sin, resulting from believing lies about God and breaking the circle of love and trust. Selfishness is based in fear and brings forth envy and jealousy. Selfishness leads to exploiting others rather than serving others.
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New Wine in Old Skins
Recently, I received an email from a friend that had such powerful insight that I asked permission to post it on our website as a guest blog. I hope you find it as impactful as I did. – Dr. J Issues of women’s ordination and compliance committees have some of us thinking that deeper forces are at work today in the church.
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