Can you imagine what your life would be like if you had no capacity to choose? There would be no joy, no purpose, no meaning, and no love. But what would it look like if everything anyone chose became a reality? What if your next-door neighbor chooses to put a large pile of trash in […]
In counseling with many, many people, and speaking to audiences across the United States and around the world, I find that there is a fundamental flaw in our thinking that underlies the personal, spiritual, physical, and social problems we suffer with. That flaw is a misunderstanding of who God is and what He is like. […]
Imagine with me that you are a creepy, crawly caterpillar. You crawl around from leaf to leaf, eating them all up as you go along. You are happy with your creepy, crawly life until a butterfly comes along and tells you that you need to learn to fly. After all, aren’t caterpillars supposed to turn […]
The Creation of Man It was in the context of this great controversy that the creation story unfolds. God had planned for the creation of the earth and all life upon it, including a new race of intelligent creatures that could reproduce. Instead of creating many people, God created one person, Adam, from which all […]
God’s Intervention Every government has laws by which it operates. The order of the kingdom and the safety of its citizens are dependent upon those laws. And God’s kingdom has a law as well—a just and unselfish law which is a reflection of God’s character. The law of God—the Law of Life—is the law that […]
To understand the context in which suffering exists, we must understand something far greater than our own experience in this fallen world. We must understand the great controversy between God and Satan. God God is the source of all things good. He is the source of existence, life, power, space, matter, love, truth, etc. And God […]
Nobody likes to suffer. We all want comfort. That is because we were created for comfort, not suffering. When God created the world, there was no suffering. “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.” Genesis 1:31. And when Jesus returns, there will be no more suffering. “And […]
We evaluate all information that is available to us. First, the information is evaluated by the conscience to determine if the information is truth or error, good or evil, right or wrong. Then the information is brought to the heart (a part of the mind) where it is evaluated to determine if the information is […]
This excerpt comes from the book, Life Lessons from Luke, Volume 1 Luke 3:10 So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?” John’s message had its effect in a number of those who came to hear him speak. They were convicted that they were not right with God, for the fruit of […]
Infinity Today, I would like to spend some time contemplating the topic of infinity together. There is a purpose to this, so keep with me. It is beautiful! Infinity is somewhat odd. It messes up our usual understanding of mathematics. For example, infinity plus anything equals infinity. To take infinity and add anything to it […]
The Praise Plan Mark Sandoval, M.D. Lifestyle Medicine Many persons are suffering because of dysfunction of the bone marrow. The bone marrow is where your immune system is born and where your red blood cells and many of your white blood cells are formed. If there is dysfunction in the bone marrow, the results can […]
Why Relationships Do/Don’t Change What is it that lies at the foundation of relationships? Why is it that relationships change over time? And can you ever be secure in a relationship? Let us explore these important questions together right now. There are at least two things that lie at the foundation of relationships. One is […]
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