A request for info on borderline personality disorder, so-called, just came in. Let’s consider two things: What is personality? Personality is that which a human being develops as he uses his basic genetic traits to live in various more-or-less changeable ways at various times; ways which are more or less visible by how he thinks, …
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“I’ve about given up on that counselee!” He’s a believer, isn’t he? “Yeah. But he comes from a long line of loafers and no goods, and he’s inherited all their traits.” Aw, c’mon! “No, really. I’ve had it with him!” Let me read you a passage from 1 Peter 1:18,19 in the CCNT/P: . . . …
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Most savvy Christians know that the prohibition to judging in Matthew 7:1 has to do with wrong judging, and not with judging altogether. “I didn’t know that!” Sure. In John 7:24 Jesus commands us to judge a righteous judgment. And, here in Matthew 7, he explains that he is speaking about the one who does …
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That’s what you hear people say. But times have changed; now all people want to talk about is politics. It isn’t as popular, however, to talk about religion today—unless derogatorily. Frankly, I hope the era of excessive talk about politics will soon recede and men and women will once again talk about religion. There once …
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Even before he was converted on the Damascus Rd. the apostle Paul was used to evangelize the lost. ”What?” you say; “how could that be? I thought only Christians could do so.” Well, it’s true; in the providence of God the unexpected often takes place. We must not limit God. Listen to what Luke wrote: …
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