March 2017
RECENT RESEARCH
Created for Covering: Covering for Men
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Covering: Understanding the Concept of Safety and Covering in Relationships for Men and Women. The concept of covering can be also expressed by the term “headship”, but many might recoil at this term. The idea of submission is also a chronic conflict within […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
RECENT RESEARCH
Biblical Paradoxes
Amanda L. Giordano, Ph.D. A paradox is a statement that contains seemingly contradictory constructs, yet can be true. Paradoxical statements can cause discomfort because the simultaneous existence of apparently opposing elements creates a certain kind of tension. Paradoxes compel us to step outside of our neatly organized, mutually exclusive categories and embrace complexity. […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
RECENT RESEARCH
The Local Church as a Hospital Model: Meeting People Where They are and Helping Move Them to Where God Wants Them to Be
Jack Dutton, M.A. The question of whether the local church or the secular world is best suited to help people is constantly debated and neither side gives much credence to the other. The secular world has often looked down on the faith-based help provided by the local church as being, in their opinion, too […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
RECENT RESEARCH
Anxiety and Faith
Marian Eberly, MSW, LCSW, RN, BCPCC, Ph.D. Christians who suffer with anxiety frequently report a sense of guilt and perceptions of judgment from God and others. Rebecca, a 50 year old woman, being treated for an eating disorder and anxiety symptoms, expressed incredible guilt for having ravaged her body for many years with binge-eating, […]