Anger has become a blemish on the culture. It is out of control, and has led to a degree of violence never imagined. It is an emotion just like joy, happiness, or sadness, but is expressed in destructive ways, an outward action of the sinful heart of humanity separated from ...
Read More »Passive Aggressiveness: When the Bully Plays the Victim
Remember how Lucy pulled the football away from Charlie Brown each time he went to kick off, thus sabotaging the game? In Lucy’s mind, losing the championship was worth making her teammate look bad. This is a picture of passive-aggressive behavior, which is closely related to mind games, discussed in ...
Read More »Managing Our Anger
Everyone struggles with getting hot under the collar. Anger is part of being human. We all have triggers that set us off and make us angry. We don’t have to work on not getting angry, we have to work on managing our anger instead of it managing us. What matters ...
Read More »Teen Mental Health
A recent study listed fifteen different behaviors or emotional states which can surface in the adolescent years. The study, conducted by Baylor University, also brought into account the views and observations of youth and college pastors. This list includes: depression (the highest), followed by pornography, grief/bereavement, anxiety, aggression and anger, ...
Read More »The Abuse Of Women: A Blight On Our Culture
Once again the social evil of abusing women has come into focus with the recent stories of football players in the news. Football is not the issue here, but these accounts are a small picture of this greater “social epidemic” within our culture when it comes to some men having ...
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