Dealing With Loneliness
Sometimes, for some people, the problem is not such restoring a ruined relationship as it is developing one in the first place! When they look at their life, and the people who are (or are not) in it, they feel isolated, unimportant, unloved and lonely. All of us have …
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When Its Time to Say “Good-Bye” to a Relationship
The goal of this book, encapsulated in the title, is to “restore” Christian relationships. But does there come a time, when despite having followed all the principles, that one has to say, “Enough is enough?” Are there some relationships that CANNOT be restored?
The answer of course depends upon what …
Disposable Relationships
I’m offended that you’re offended that I’m offended!
Relationships in our modern world are often fragile things. Partially due to the sociological influence of pluralization, Americans today often see their relationships as disposable. Pluralization refers to the consequences of there being a “plurality” or options; as the number of options …
Restoring Christian Relationships
Proverbs on Resolving Conflicts
Rev. Brian M. Abshire
Conflicts have been eating at the Christian Church since the time of the Lord Jesus (remember John and James angling for power?). Since none of us have yet been perfected, all of us will sin against God and each other. Therefore, conflicts are inevitable. Ideally, …
Alternative Education and the Future
Slightly revised from a lecture originally delivered at Chalcedon Presbyterian Church, Atlanta
20 November, 1998
Rev. Brian M. Abshire, Ph.D.
The Deplorable Condition of State Subsidized Education
We are now living with the fruit of 150 years of State supported education; a situation that …
Should You Send Your Kids to College?
As I was finishing up this edition’s humor column for the “Director’s Cut,” a discussion popped up on one of the Internet mailing lists I subscribe to that addressed seriously, some of the issues I had just been poking fun at; advanced education for Christians. The discussion list focuses …
Raising Covenant Kids-Part Two
Covenant Kids and Christian Character
Rev. Brian M. Abshire
One of the most subtle and therefore insidious errors that sincere Christians can fall into when trying to be godly parents is to think that they can create Christian character in their children. There is an entire home-school curriculum (very popular in some …
Dealing With Rebellious Christian Teenagers
Introduction
Many years ago, when God gave us our first child, I made a silent promise to stop giving advice on child-rearing until AFTER my own kids were safely grown up, educated, married and still active in the faith. Frankly, I have always been less than impressed with …