Introduction Here are some of the reasons people are taught the popular idea of setting boundaries: • I am Feeling emotionally exhausted in this relationship with you.• Whenever I walk away from time with you, I often feel difficulty guilty.• You imply by words or actions … Continue reading →

Nehemiah 5:1-11 Observation One: Oppression, whether by corporate, by the rich, or by the government, eventually leads to a Tea Party (1-5) The circumstances driving the record of these five verses were the direinternal economic crisis generated by a local famine. The famine was layered by the relentless heavy Persian taxation was and … Continue reading →

Introduction Let me briefly model for you a means of profiting from Psalm 119:1-8. You will find this refreshing exercise and perhaps inspire your practice of doing something similar daily. My wife and I have found this practice of morning meditation enjoyable and beneficial … Continue reading →

Introduction There are many things that are difficult to overcome that go along with a destructive habit. Behaviors such as deceit when the truth feels too transparent, self-medicating when we feel stressed or out of sorts, using other behaviors we … Continue reading →

When asked to fill a pulpit recently, I prayerfully went to my computer list of sermons and chose “Assumptions, the Fuel of Conflict,” based on I Chronicles 19. Narrative and Proverbs 13:10 warning. The church had a fellowship lunch following … Continue reading →

Introduction** Charles and Charlene submitted their paperwork to seek formal biblical counseling to revitalize their broken marriage. Charles, like many men of his age range 30-45 had struggled with drug abuse. Charlene had come out of her stage of drug use … Continue reading →

Introduction During my freshman year at Bob Jones University, the Founder, Dr. Bob Jones, Sr., maintained what Fundamentalists called a hot pulpit. The old gentleman was a master at coining phrases to drive home chunks of truth. The book is … Continue reading →

Mary is a highly trained and decorated 40-year-old investigator for the police force of a major US city. In her position, as you can imagine, if you have watched TV shows like Law & Order or Special Victims Unit. In … Continue reading →

The Idolatry of the Left Is Ever Present Rather like the Baals of the Ancient World, the Left Is ever present even in conservative and largely mildly evangelical Alabama. All those Baals are about me feeling good. The Alabama Board … Continue reading →