Some of you may not get the joke but some of you will – I can imagine someone saying to me: “Mark is finally admitting he is in recovery after neck surgery!” One of the heartbeats of our ministry is that Christ “transforms” us from “addict/idolater” to “new creation in Christ.” It’s NOT merely a…
Job 1:21 And he said,”Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” What do we enter this world with? Nothing. We are born helpless, totally dependent upon the Lord and others for EVERYTHING as helpless…
I read a blog recently that someone said somthing like this: “We don’t want to scare anyone away from God with too much truth.” What? How can you “scare” someone away from God who is ALREADY away from God in the first place? All people are born lost and bound for hell. Everyone according to…
When will the madness stop? Our culture in America is so psychologized that even wearing deodorant can meet our “emotional needs”!!! On one of our deodorant packages, it says (this is true): “Extra Responsive in Emotional Moments”* *releasing sweat They have an * and then the “releasing sweat” comment below their claim of extra responsiveness…
People today look to the latest book, the latest trend, and the latest program to solve problems. But God tells us to look to Christ. He alone is the answer. Christianity is not a program. It’s a relational process of knowing God, being discipled by others, then discipling others, and then sharing the Gospel with…
Read this article from WORLD magazine: http://www.worldmag.com/articles/16573 This article articulates well the problem of “overdiagnosing” that is ALREADY occurring in our culture today. It’s already happening and this new DSM version will only make it worse than it is now! It is an epidemic in our country because EVERYONE struggles with some sin issue and…
Mixing bunnies and eggs with Resurrection Day is one example of mixing the secular with the sacred things of Christ. Another example occurs when we blend some of the ideas propagated by secular psychology. These ideas cannot be “integrated” or mixed together into a unified whole. It should be clear that some of them are in DIRECT…
Seems like many shows keep coming out on this “tsunami” of a problem commonly called “addiction” (the Bible calls it “enslavement” and “idolatry” which still holds the person responsible for sinful choices that feed the problem). Dr. Drew Pinsky from the secular perspective is passionate about helping “addicts” as am I. But we have 2 different…
Remember James 4:6 states: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” The picture I think of is playing tennis against God. When we are proud, we are on the opposite side of the net against God and there is no way we are going to win against Him in tennis! Is God…
Shouldn’t be a surprise that marijuana causes problems with our mental health but I don’t think people realize how much doing illicit drugs affects someone’s ability to think and make good decisions that please the Lord. Are we seeing more “psychosis” and “schizophrenia” today? Yes. Is there a link between them and THC (marijuana)? Yes,…
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