When people come for counseling, we first need to identify the presenting problem. Why did they come for help? It might be a current problem, an issue they have lived with for a long time, or perhaps an issue from the past that has recently come to the surface. We need to ask a lot of questions. Sometimes it takes a while to get to the main issue and sometimes what they identify as the presenting problem is only a surface problem or more of a symptom of the deeper concern. It might have been stuffed and repressed for years. The two primary areas where hidden issues seem to surface often pertain to occupations and relationships. As long as relationships stay superficial and worldviews do not collide, there is little cause for conflict. The ...

What makes a boy a man? When does that take place? In the society in which we live there is no specific date when boyhood ends and adulthood begins. Is it at 16 years of age when you obtain a driver’s license? Is it at 18 years of age when you can vote? Is it at 21  when you can legally drink alcohol? Is it when you graduate high school? Is it when you land your first real job? Do you see what I mean? It’s pretty nebulous.

That is not the case within Judaism. Orthodox, conservative, and reformed Jews all have a rite of passage called a Bar Mitzvah (“son of the commandment”). When a young man, having studied the Torah and learned from the rabbi, reaches 13 years of age, a ceremony is conducted in which his ...

Introduction

It’s time! It’s time for the King to return to claim His Kingdom! The first Adam lost the Kingdom through sin. The second Adam will return to claim it. It’s time for the King to come! “Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven!” The King returns to reign and every creature on earth will bow the knee and offer homage to the King just as all do in heaven!

I. When will Christ return, where will He return and how will He return?

1. Jesus Christ will physically return to the earth with His angelic army and the saints of His church.  He will return at the end of the Great Tribulation during the Battle of Armageddon.  His return will prevent the nations from completely ...
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Perhaps you’re familiar with the term “situation ethics.” Situation ethics is a position which postulates that the situation determines the ethical stand needed. In other words, if the situation dictates that a lie would be the most ethical position, then you would lie. Those who hold this view believe that there are no absolute ethical values, no concrete, never-changing standards that govern the morality of humanity regardless of race, nationality, creed, or religion.

This is not a biblical or Christian view. Christians believe that the Bible informs their ethics and the standards they hold are based on biblical values. In 1987, ABC’s Ted Koppel, famous for hosting the television program “Nightline,” ...