by Mark Shaw | Aug 28, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
In scenario #2, the BROTHER or SISTER in Christ repents. So what do we do now? Simply, forgive them. Grant them the gift of forgiveness, which is a promise not to bring it up to 1) yourself, 2) bring it up to the offender, and 3) bring it up to a third, uninvolved...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 28, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
If we are the offended party, how are we to forgive the offender according to Luke 17:3-10 & Matthew 18:15-20? Here are the only two possible scenarios: 1) The offender is NOT repentant. 2) The offender is repentant. In both cases, the offender is a BROTHER or...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
I love repentance. What a gift from God according to Rom. 2:4! God is patient with us all. Let me encourage you: confess your sins to God. Ask for Him to forgive you – not based upon your own good deeds, but upon THE greatest “good deed” of the...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
If we are the offended party, how are we to forgive the offender? Here are the only two possible scenarios: 1) The offender is NOT repentant. 2) The offender is repentant. In scenario #1, we are required to have a FORGIVING SPIRIT (or attitude) toward the person. If...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
Forgiveness by God is conditional. It is conditional upon Christ first and our repentance and faith in Him alone second. By definition, forgiveness involves 2 persons. One must be the offender and one must be the offended. In our salvation experience, God was the...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
I left you hanging yesterday. Sorry about that! When we talk about forgiveness, we must understand that it is relational between at least 2 persons. God is a personal God – He is a Person. How does He forgive us? Unconditionally? No. Because of our disobedience...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 25, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
How do we grant forgiveness? Are there different types of forgiveness? What is forgiveness? Forgiveness by definition involves 2 persons. It is relational. Forgiveness is NOT needed unless someone hurts someone else. If no one is hurt or offended, then forgiveness is...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 20, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Truth in Love Staff
Jason Cooke, Shirley C., Bill Mann, Sam, Justin, and Jason Gray who worked like the Energizer Bunny to make our Cookout Celebration a success! They all put in a TON of work and I hope they rested on Sunday! They all deserve it in my opinion! There are others to thank,...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 19, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Truth in Love Staff
Special thanks to Jason Cooke who is an integral part of this ministry. WIthout his SACRIFICIAL heart, TIL would NOT be where it is today. Jason is a rare person because he has faith in Christ, loves God’s Word, believes the Word is sufficient and that Christ is...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 16, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
When a person is born again, he/she becomes a child of God and is adopted into the family of God. It is a gift of salvation which cannot be earned and certainly is not deserved. The righteousness of Christ is placed upon the Christian and the sins of this person were...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 15, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
One of the most hopeful passages of Scripture is in I Cor. 6:9-11: “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 13, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
Recently, I took my fam to see the second Chronicles of Narnia film based on the book by C.S. Lewis. There are several great themes in the movie, but one of them was about rushing in AHEAD of Christ. The Christ-like figure was Aslan, the lion, and the main characters...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 12, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
I find that some people can pray and trust God for a “physical healing” better than they can for an “emotional healing” for an emotional problem (as it is called by secular psychologists). BOTH types of “healing” require the...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 12, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
Now that I’ve gotten your attention, let’s talk about idolatry! Idolatry is a foreign concept to many Christians today who think it is merely the worship of a wooden statue. Idolatry is the worship of anything other than Christ. In fact, the best way to...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 11, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
II Corinthians 1:3-4 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 10, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
How does the biblical model provide real hope and help? How does it work? Philippians 2:13 tells: “for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” God provides the POWER to will – or, to want to do the right thing...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 9, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Questions, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
Do you believe Christ can overcome any problem in your life? Has He done so? Share your testimony with us on this blog: it will encourage us all. I believe. I see it many times when we counsel others. We see them come in down and discouraged and leave with confidence...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 7, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
“Don’t trade our love for tea and sympathy” are the lyrics to a song by the Christian group: Jars of Clay. I love that song because it applies to this topic of real hope vs. just coping with your problems (Rom. 12:1-2). God has given us answers for our relationship...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 6, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
Colossians 2:8 states: “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.” The idea that “mental illness” and...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 5, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Vs. Psychology
I hate the worldly concepts about “addiction” that tell people that they cannot ever overcome their addiction because it is a supposed “lifelong illness with no cure.” It’s a supposed “disease” that they must cope with for the...
