Rick Thomas | Your Daily Drive

One of the more common complaints I hear from spouses is when one of the partners in the marriage talk about being alone in the marriage. These lonely spouses perceive a seemingly invisible barrier between them. It's a level of communication they cannot move past.

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Key Idea: If you had the opportunity to confront a person about a mistake they made, how would you go about it? What are a few key things you should consider when confronting a friend?

If you knew of a person or a group of people were being deceived by someone, would you choose to mock them or their leader as a way to win them to the truth of God?

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Key Idea: If you knew of a person or a group of people were being deceived by someone, would you choose to mock them or their leader as a way to win them to the truth of God?

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Perhaps you get angry at your spouse, or your children, or certain acquaintances. Does the cross of Christ affect how you fight? Does it alter or temper your frustration toward others? Can you stand and take in the realities of the cross while easily and un-forgivingly convicting, judging, and condemning those who hurt you?

You ever wondered what is going on in the mind of the angry person? It’s not what you might think. Anger is our most common and problematic foe. If practiced often, it can become the habit that destroys relationships. It’s more than a behavior. It’s a heart condition. To get rid of it, you have to understand its true cause.

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I sat down with Darrell Harrison and interviewed him on race related topics that have been current and long-standing issues in our American culture. Darrell is a Christian black man who writes about race and culture.

The messiest place on earth outside our families should be the local church. Each family unit is a context where masks come off as our real selves are exposed to each other. The local church is a macro context of the micro family.

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When a wife has been shaped by her past to be insecure marries a husband who is prone to harshness, their marriage will be an endless loop of relational collisions. The main responsibility is for the husband to learn how to build up his wife with his words rather than tear her down.

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Mailbag Question: I would love to know more about how the biblical counseling movement understands and responds to Adlerian psychology, particularly its impact on modern “positive parent​ing” principles.

In my reading, there are aspects I really enjoy about it, and others that drive me bonkers.

Do you know of any good readings or teachings out there that gives a very thoughtful response to the good, the bad, and the ugly of modern uses of Adler’s ideas for parents?

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