“Tell me what to do when I counsel a person.” What, in particular, do you want to know? “Oh, you know—just what you do when you counsel someone.” Well, I’m afraid I don’t know how to answer that question. There is a lot to counseling—one way of approaching people will not do—one size simply doesn’t …
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Objection: “But you don’t have an open mind!” Ever heard it before? Well, it won’t be the first or last time if you are involved in trying to be biblical in your counseling. Let’s see how you might answer. Response: Right. And neither do you. Your very objection indicates that you have a position on …
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Some time ago I had some criticism about my book, Winning the War Within, in which it was alleged that no one had ever held such a maverick belief as the one that I set forth—that the sin remaining in a believer was habitual. One blogger recently referred to my view as “unique.” Thumbing through …
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The common word on the streets today is “tolerance.” That idea, however, is wrong –very wrong . . . dead wrong! There’s no such thing as tolerance. No one is tolerant. Tolerance is a myth; indeed, it is a dangerous myth. Anyone who claims to stand for tolerance, anyone says he is tolerant—whether he’s aware of it …
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Isn’t it? When you think about it, there has been more than enough time for those integrationist Christian organizations to have gotten together on at least a few essentials and declared “this is it,” hasn’t there? They’ve been working at it ever since the days of Clyde Narramore when he wrote his failed attempt in …
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