Giving Up Control by Barry Ham The prophet Isaiah proclaims to God that “we are the clay, You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand” (Isa. 64:8). I envision myself on a potter’s wheel with God trying to shape me into something magnificent. However, because...
Addiction and Dependent Love
Addiction and Dependent Love Depending on other people to provide you with value and worth. I find it virtually impossible to engage in a discussion of shame, blame, and guilt without a corresponding look at the role of core beliefs. Core beliefs are what people hold...
Sleep, Diet, Wellness, and Performance: Leadership-by-Example
Sleep, Diet, Wellness, and Performance: Leadership-by-Example What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? (James 2:14 NIV) To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you...
To Believe or Not to Believe: The Role of Faith in Treating Mental Illness and Preventing Suicide
To Believe or Not to Believe: The Role of Faith in Treating Mental Illness and Preventing Suicide Harold G. Koenig, M.D. More and more research is showing a connection between religious beliefs and practices and better mental health (i.e., greater well-being, less...
Helping Career Coaching and Counseling Clients Make Positive Change through Faith Integration
Helping Career Coaching and Counseling Clients Make Positive Change through Faith Integration by Dina Jones & Erica Wright This article first appeared in January 2018 as an AACC CounselED article. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole...
Christian HealthCare Ministries
What is Christian Healthcare Ministries? Health cost sharing is a way to satisfy your healthcare costs and help others while upholding your Christian beliefs and sticking to your budget. Christian Healthcare Ministries (CHM) is a group of hundreds of thousands of...
Life—It’s Value, Virtue, and Vulnerability
Life—It's Value, Virtue, and Vulnerability Dr. Jared Pingleton Human life is profound, precious, and priceless. Life itself is miraculous, marvelous, and mysterious. Consequently, humans are infinitely valuable yet inherently vulnerable. Humans were designed and...
The Dialogue Between Psychology and Theology
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.” Galatians 5:22-23 (NRSV) If the Spirit can produce all the above, why do not we rely on the spirit instead...
5 Truths for True Love in Your Marriage
5 Truths for True Love in Your Marriage By Dr. Tim Clinton & Patrick Springle We all carry relational wounds. So we go through life with a skewed definition of love. Our actions are often a far cry from true love. The truth is, we may be trying to "love" the other...