Introduction This integration paper will focus on the importance of interpersonal communication as it relates to management communication. Included in this paper will be more than just what the experts on interpersonal communication are saying, but there will be much integration of what the Bible has to say about interpersonal communication. What does interpersonal communication… [Read more…]
May 7, 2009
It was surprising to hear that forty-percent of American adults are part of some kind of small group. Robert Wuthnow’s commentary of this phenomenon was insightful. He credits this to the diminishing community support from families, extended families, and neighborhoods (Atkinson, 2002). It is not good news that families are becoming less close and… [Read more…]
April 7, 2009
From the section “Faith and Well-Being” from the book Psychology and Christianity: Those with faith are “much less likely” to become: delinquent, to abuse drugs and alcohol, to divorce, and to commit suicide, and be physically healthier and even live longer. (Koenig, 1997; Matthews and Lawson, 1997).
March 8, 2009
“Love…always trusts.” (1 Corinthians 13:7) What, I have to trust people? This used to be the verse I really hated, and now it’s my favorite verse. Because as I studied this verse, here is what the verse is really saying, here are some commentaries: “Love believes the best of others, and hopes the… [Read more…]
February 3, 2009
Conversion is the creation of new desires, not just new duties; new delights, not just new deeds; new treasures, not just new tasks” John Piper, When I Don’t Desire God, p. 17
January 26, 2009
You know how it is with machinery. You have to keep it oiled, or it just cranks dry and stops. It’s the same with your spiritual life; you have to keep the oil of intimacy flowing and covering all the parts of your life.” James Goll “Prayer Storm” p. 142 You can’t just have the… [Read more…]
January 17, 2009
In the past, I’ve succumbed to different temptations and compromises, not because I didn’t have a heart that wanted to do right. I did have the right heart. The Holy Spirit resides in my heart. The Holy Spirit gave me a new heart at conversion. So, I didn’t lack the right heart, I just lacked… [Read more…]
January 16, 2009
Discipline is good, but not for its own sake. Without discipline, there will come inevitable poverty and shame (Proverbs 13:18). The motivation for discipline is not wealth and honor (The opposites of poverty and shame). The motivation for being disciplined ought to be love. Being disciplined as a Christian means he/she will engage in spiritual… [Read more…]
January 7, 2009
“In the Gospels we see what He (Jesus) did, but it is in the Book of Romans that we come to understand the implications of what He did.”- Noel Jones, “The Battle for the Mind” p. 28
May 7, 2009
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