Rick Thomas | Your Daily Drive

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/Your-life-is-shaping-your-childs-life

I was having a conversation with my son the other day and mentioned to him that he was going to be my replacement. It was a sobering thought. My son will grow up one day and become some version of what I have modeled for him. The good and the bad of my life will bring shape to his future life.

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/A-biblical-reason-to-love-our-bodies

The almost daily news reports about men and women strapping explosive devices to their bodies, becoming human bombs, and exploding in public places in order to cause terror have become, sadly, all too common and frequent.

What has happened to our relationship to the human body that it can now so easily be used as a bomb to destroy other bodies?

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/why-you-need-to-know-that-you-cant-fix-people/

For those involved in biblical counseling and discipleship, the sting of not “seeing” results can be even sharper as we are ministers of God’s Word offered into the lives of people, and we expect change and a demonstration of the effective Word of God.

You can find the show notes here: http://rickthomas.net/episode-28-essential-teaching-about-how-people-change/

The key idea for this session is, “The change process must begin at a place that is deeper than our behaviors. To change well is to begin in the heart while working out to the behaviors.”

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/the-art-of-husbandry-thoughts-on-being-an-effective-husband/

Key Idea – In this piece I want to accomplish two things: (1) Envision husbands about their job description, while (2) placing the first responsibility of the marriage in the lap of him, rather than his wife.

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/is-planned-parenthood-harvesting-and-selling-human-lives/

The Center for Medical Progress recently released an undercover video of Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood’s Senior Director for Medical Services, explaining Planned Parenthood’s participation in harvesting and selling intact body parts of aborted babies for medical research.

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/One-reason-children-rebel-against-their-parents

If we are not modeling the life of Christ to our children (1 Corinthians 11:1), then the chances of them rejecting Christ by the time they become teenagers is exponentially higher than parents who humbly present Christ to their children while they are young.

You can find the show notes here: http://rickthomas.net/episode-27-non-negotiable-musts-for-every-christian/

On June 22-23, 2015 I led a two-day biblical counseling conference in Powell, WY at Trinity Bible Church. This episode is the first installment of the four session conference.

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/you-will-know-you-love-gay-people-when/

In a culture increasingly committed to calling right wrong and wrong right (Isaiah 5:20), we need to keep our hearts laid open before God, asking Him to search us, test us, and lead us (Psalm 139:23-24), lest we fall into fear from speaking God’s truth or anger while speaking God’s truth.

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/how-and-why-to-talk-to-your-children-about-lbgt/

The problem is that too many of us equate change with compromise, which keeps us bogged down in the past while simultaneously losing ground to the encroachments of paganism.

The wiser response would be cultural engagement. Keeping up with the times by staying relevant should be intuitive and pneumatic because we are the only ones who can bring clarity and common sense to cultural evolution.