Rick Thomas | Your Daily Drive

This message is on "True Community: How to Develop True, Authentic, and Transparent Relationships With Another Person." You may apply this teaching to any marriage, family, friendship, work relationship, and, of course, within the local church.

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This message is on True Community: How to develop true, authentic, and transparent relationships with another person. It was given at Trinity Bible Church in Powell, WY.

This was the pre-conference meeting to a biblical counseling conference that I led on Monday and Tuesday nights.

You can read the article here: http://rickthomas.net/the-reason-dylann-roof-murdered/

The body of Christ is grieving again. Nine of our brothers and sisters were senselessly slain Wednesday (June 17, 2015) while at a church meeting in Charleston, SC. Each time this happens we collectively grieve for the victims, their families, the community, and even the assailant.

This is our first attempt at doing interviews, checking out our podcast equipment. We did a mock interview to check out systems.

We setup a makeshift recording studio in Bozeman, MT, as we are on the road doing a speaking tour out west.

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/50-things-i-want-my-son-to-know/

These things are not in any particular order. Just top of mind. I hope they will encourage, motivate, and help you to do these four words well: Love God, love others.

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/bruce-caitlyn-jenner-a-problem-for-feminists-everywhere/

I watched, adored, and cheered for Bruce Jenner in 1976. He was the ultimate man. Every other Olympic athlete was good at one or maybe two events, but Bruce excelled more than anyone else. He was a decathlete. I wanted to be like him because he defined masculinity for me.

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In order to be safe and secure you have to deal with the heart of the problem first, which is your fear. Within the human heart there is always a tension between fear and faith. When fear wins out, the person will struggle with various forms of insecurity.

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/listening-to-sexual-abuse-part-1/

Though the abuse stopped years ago, the impact of the abuse on her soul has never left. Even after becoming a Christian in college, her mind was still encumbered with the complicatedness of the abuse. She’s never figured out how to work through the internal pain. Now she has come to you for help.

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In my 10 hour 10 lesson Introduction to Biblical Counseling class I took a portion of one of those classes to do a careful presentation of The Gospel “Y” Chart.

The Gospel “Y” Chart is a remix of the “Y” Chart that has been popularized among some biblical counselors. It is a helpful infographic that teaches several key elements regarding how a person changes:

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/school-choice-what-kind-of-school-should-your-child-attend/

One of the blessed privileges I have with our Membership Site is the opportunity to field questions from our Members. Recently, this one was posted to our Forum.

Rick, would you share your thoughts and/or your own experiences/decisions on homeschool vs public school?