Simply stated, wise people learn from their mistakes and fools do not. The Bible says that foolishness is in the nature of a child (Provides 22:15). It is the responsibility of parents to train their children in the way they should go (Proverbs 22:6) and teach them righteous and responsible attitudes and actions. The foolishness of a child is often childishness — meaning that they naively do wrong things because they haven't been trained to know better. Childishness can cause accidents, including serious accidents, so it is important to instruct our children concerning childish behavior.

Consequences help us learn, so even for childish accidents, corrective action must be taken. For example, if a stray baseball accidentally ...

Modern psychology does not acknowledge the existence of the demonic. There are no categories in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V) for demon possession. Secular psychologists choose to label those manifesting symptoms of the demonic as having Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). As Mayo Clinic reports, DID is rare (under 200,000 in US per year), incurable (treatment can help but not cure), chronic (lasts a lifetime), and requires a medical diagnosis. Symptoms of DID include fragmentation into two or more distinct personality states (alters) and often memory loss. Most psychologists attribute the cause of DID to childhood abuse.

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Hopewell Counseling is an L.L.C., a Limited Liability Corporation. We are not a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt corporation. This means that we cannot issue tax-deductible receipts for donations. What this does not mean is that folks cannot donate to Hopewell Counseling. They simply would not be able to claim their donation as a tax-deductible gift on their income tax form.

Why does Hopewell need donations anyway? Good question. Many of our clients are either unemployed or underemployed and simply do not have the financial resources to afford counseling even though they desperately need it. We ask them to apply for financial assistance using a scholarship form. They humble themselves and comply. We reward their humility by providing a portion of ...

We see many couples in counseling who have tunnel vision. What I mean by that is all they can see are the things wrong with their partners. It’s like they have their hand about one inch in front of their eyes and all they can see is the bad. If they took away their hand from their eyes they’d see all the good things which they love about their partner. Because of the hurt and the pain of the bad things, they often announce to their partners that they no longer love them. In fact some will even go so far as to declare that they want a divorce. Really? Is marriage built solely on love? That's a pretty fickle foundation. Love is certainly a big part of why we marry, but it shouldn’t be the only or even the biggest reason....