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Category Archives: Addictions
Facing Temptation Head On
I attended the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (www.nanc.org) conference last week in San Francisco. When I attend events like this I often hope to leave with one or two really good ideas or really helpful concepts that help me … Continue reading
Cutting: Bleeding the Pain Away
If you’re a cutter, you know what it’s like to feel the pain welling up inside you. It feels like any second you’re going to explode. In the past you may have cried, gotten angry, accused, complied, or blamed yourself, … Continue reading
Withholding Food – Finding Joy and Satisfaction in Exercising Control
This is now the fifth part in our series dealing with food, the body, and idolatry. One of the points that I have tried to make through is series is that there are many different heart motivations for idolatrous actions … Continue reading
Posted in Addictions
Tagged and Idolatry, anorexia, bulimia, eating disorders, Food, idolatry, the Body
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Body Image: Finding Joy in the praise of others
Let’s face reality. Those who are more attractive seem to have a lot better opportunities than those who are not. We don’t have to like it; we don’t have to encourage it; but we do have to face it. Consider … Continue reading
Posted in Addictions
Tagged Addictions, Addictions to food, Body Image, Eating, Food, the Body, and Idolatry
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Body Image: Finding Joy in having the Right Measurements
We are continuing our series on Food, the body, and Idolatry (This is part three for those keeping track). In the prior post we considered the matter of gluttony. In this article, I would like us to consider more about … Continue reading
Posted in Addictions
Tagged Addictions, Body Image, eating disorders, Food, the Body, and Idolatry, gluttony, Measurements
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Gluttony: Finding Joy and Satisfaction in food.
We have all heard the stats. One of America’s major health crises is obesity. Just as it is possible to be godly and rich, so it is possible to be godly and overweight. Not all of us are blessed with … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction to food, Food, the Body, and Idolatry, Glutton, gluttony, Overeating
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Counseling a Wife Whose Husband is Involved in Pornography
Dear Amy: I’m counseling a woman whose husband is involved in pornography. She is a Christian, her husband is not. She recently discovered he is caught up in pornography. He told her it is all her fault because she is … Continue reading
Posted in Addictions, Marriage and Family
Tagged hope, husband, marriage, pornography, sin, suffering, wife
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Food, the Body, and Idolatry
We are pretty good at making idols. Have you noticed that? Calvin once wrote that the human heart was a factory of idols. Idolatry is part of the work of the flesh in Gal. 5:20. One of the idolatrous areas … Continue reading
Posted in Addictions
Tagged and Idolatry, anorexia, bulemia, eating discorders, Food, gluttony, idolatry, the Body
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