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Feb 3, 1996 · Scripture where the importance of our thinking is emphasized. What examples come to mind? (look up - Isaiah 26:3, and II Cor. 10:5) - so the point is -- we're not just giving attention to our behavior as believers, we're giving attention to our thinking. - now, something we need to add to strengthen that is -- God can help us change the way we ...
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Scripture, compete with Scripture, or distract from Scripture. A counseling theory will either remind us that we are primarily made in God’s image to glorify God, broken by sin, and able to be redeemed by Christ; or it will define people, problems, and solutions in ways that point to some other source of ultimate hope.
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Oct 29, 2015 · How should a Christian think? What exactly is a Christian thought life? How it is any different from those who are not Christians? How does the gospel impact our very thoughts? These questions and others compelled me to write the following 8 week study on Philippians 4:8:
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- I. What Paul Is Not Teaching: The Power of Positive Thinking.
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I need to focus on this for a moment because the Christian world has been infiltrated with the false teaching of “positive thinking,” popularized by Norman Vincent Peale and, with only slight variations, by Peale’s protege, Robert Schuller. If you are at all familiar with the teachings of these men, you know that they are not Christian in any ortho...
A number of years ago, the news media picked up the story of a woman known as “Garbage Mary.” She lived in a smelly Chicago tenement amid mounds of garbage. She spent her time rummaging through trash cans. She would bum cigarettes off her neighbors. Police took her to a psychiatric hospital after she was stopped for questioning and found to be in a...
Why are Peale’s “Positive Thinking” and Schuller’s “Possibility Thinking” fundamentally opposed to Scripture?Some Christians argue that we need to be aware of what’s going on in our culture through movies, TV, etc. Your response?How should a Christian police officer apply Phil. 4:8when he is daily confronted by moral filth in his job?Someone may argue, “The Bible itself has stories of immorality, etc. What’s the difference between reading it there and watching it on TV, movies, or video?” Your answer?Jan 4, 2022 · Instead of allowing our minds to be weighted down with anxiety and worry, the apostle Paul teaches us to guard our thought life by focusing on several wholesome and uplifting virtues. Listed among eight worthy virtues in Philippians 4:8 is “whatever is noble.”
Oct 31, 2024 · What does it mean to “think about these things” (Philippians 4:8)? Answer. Philippians 4:8 is a well-known verse that admonishes believers to think about “ whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, . . . excellent, or praiseworthy.”. This command suggests that ...
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Jan 11, 2024 · Thus, psychology is both descriptive — information about what people do — and prescriptive — instruction about what people should do. This means that psychology can pose direct challenges to both the faith and values of Christian people. 1. They Acknowledge Our Souls.