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By Dr. Joe Wasmond People often ask me for advice on how to respond to our current culture. How do I get beyond complaints and diatribes about non-Christian ideas in the world around us? Should I engage in political action? What must I do when my neighbors and colleagues push non-Christian views? How do I raise kids in this...

“Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them.”                  Matthew 7:15-16 As men and women of God, Jesus Christ, we must keep a watchful eye for those who would dare to take advantage of us, or those we love, or the people...

“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.”                        Philippians 3:13 In an almost obscure event in the gospel according to Luke, the writer records a brief encounter between Jesus and His disciples, and a group of Samaritans. Luke 9:51-56 describes Jesus’ focus on getting to Jerusalem, because of His impending crucifixion. His mind is fixed...

Whatever you do, don’t quit and don’t walk away – not yet.  No matter how difficult the road to success may become, quitting will never provide you with the answer to win.  You should seek help.  You should also protect your vision from the voices of naysayers and saboteurs.  But if you are going to...

By Dr. Joe Wasmond Have you ever thought of marriage as a refining process? Or a divine conspiracy to mold your character? Did you think that marriage was going to be easy or solve all your spiritual, emotional, sexual needs or other issues? That God is going to allow certain events to happen in your life that will...

By Dr. Joe Wasmond Many spouses think the reason why I am in pain is because of what is happening to me right now, especially in a marriage counseling situation. You can ask either person what’s the problem? They will probably tell you by pointing to left or to the right. “If you can get him/her to stop...

The obvious reason that anything truly fails is because there is no presence of God The Holy Spirit there to instruct and guide.  It is God that causes a thing to be successful.  He causes us to become successful, from His point of view, when we honor Him and follow His decrees.  This short paper...

There is a difference between having faith in someone and having trust in someone.  Faith is simply the conviction or belief that something is true.  The word faith is the word “pistes” in the Greek.  We can have faith in anything.  We can even have faith in a lie.  Remembering that “faith” isn’t faith until it shows itself...