Monthly Archives: January 2025

GOALS, EXPECTATIONS, AND LIVING PRODUCTIVELY

Well, now, we are ending the first month of the new year. Here is a question to consider on the eve of the first day of the second day of 2025: What are your expectations for this year, which marks twenty-five … Continue reading

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Communication: Symptom or Root Issue

Introduction Helping folks with marriage and family issues has been better than fifty percent of the counseling load throughout my career, both as pastoral staff and as a biblical counselor. Innumerable times, when asked to describe their presenting problem, married … Continue reading

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Why Arguing Does Not Work

Introduction I had a well-educated professional couple in my counseling office many years ago. Both professed to be believers from childhood and regular attenders at evangelical churches. They argued in my presence and indicated that it was characteristic of their … Continue reading

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Introduction

The discovery of infidelity – ranging from secret text messages to sexting, to phone conversations or Internet exchanges to long-term extra-marital relationships and even same-sex attraction and engagement, can be an extremely devastating experience. Cheating on a mate and lying … Continue reading

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Resolving Hurts God’s Way

Introduction Here is an excellent suggestion for starting the new year: use God’s solution to eradicate that woe, which already has a long history and has done a lot of damage. Choose not to add another chapter to its history. … Continue reading

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