by Mark Shaw | Jul 14, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
Everyone lives by faith. Everyone. People are either living by faith in mankind or faith in God. But everyone lives by faith. For those who are trusting in mankind, it is a sad existence. They keep hoping for man to be redemptive and instead, mankind fails them. Crime...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 2, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
One of the psychological theorists that CHRISTIANS embrace is Abraham Maslow and his theory of self-actualization. Maslow developed a theory (did you catch that it is a THEORY not a law, not a scientific fact, but a thought or idea that is unable to be proven even by...
by Mark Shaw | Nov 21, 2009 | Biblical Counseling, Devotions, Posts by Mark
Do you know facts about God? Or do you KNOW God intimately? There is a difference. God wants you to know Him relationally, deeply, and intimately. He doesn’t want you to simply know facts about Him. When you know Him, you find eternal life (John 17:3; I John...
by Mark Shaw | Oct 9, 2009 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark, Scripture, Truth in Love Staff
Society mistakenly promotes the “heart” as ONLY emotions sometimes today but the “heart” refers to the central part and CORE of someone’s inner person. The HEART, biblically speaking, includes THINKING according to Strong’s...
by Mark Shaw | Jun 18, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Questions, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
Recently, I asked a counselee struggling with an addiction: “Can God be trusted?” The question was asked because clearly the counselee was trusting himself more than God. He didn’t want to let go of the addictive pleasure. At a basic heart level,...
