Category Archives: Social work

The expanded role of medical doctors

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

Although doctors are primarily charged with caring for physical health, over the last three to four decades, doctors have been called to take the role that was once reserved for a different profession. Continue reading →

Posted in ADHD, Anxiety, Biopsychology, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Depression, Despair, Doctor, Holistic ministry, Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology, Social work, sociology, Wisdom | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Four reactions to culture

Posted on May 6, 2016 by

Wisdom calls us to engage in truth-based dialogue and persuasion in settings like family, work, community and government… Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Christian worldview, Church and State, Church Leadership, Culture, Culture of Honor, Emerging Leaders, Evil in the world, Image of God, Leadership, Mission statement, Missions, Separation of Church and State, Social work, sociology, Wisdom, Witness, Worldview | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

A danger to ourselves

Posted on March 6, 2016 by

Our demand for freedom without limits has contributed to profound short-term thinking and devolved into forms of self-serving individualism that threaten the stability and future of our communities and, perhaps even, our nation itself.
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Posted in Accountability, Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Christian worldview, Evil in the world, Freedom, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Origin of Sin, Sin, Social work, sociology, Wisdom, Worldview | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

No belief is true for everyone

Posted on June 9, 2015 by

How long can a society remain civil if it demands that each person’s opinion is equally valid? Are there truths that all people must accept? Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Culture, Government, Humanism, Law, Philosophy, Relativism, Social work, sociology, Tolerance, Wisdom, Worldview | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

God of the vulnerable

Posted on October 8, 2014 by

“What a contrast. We see God, the most potent and self-sufficient Power imaginable, continually expressing profound concern for the least potent and self-sufficient — the orphan in distress.” Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Adoption, Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Call to ministry, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Comfort, Common Good, Common grace, Ethics, Evangelicals, Evil in the world, God, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Grace, Holistic ministry, Love, Mercy, Missions, Orphans, Prison Ministry, Radical love, Religion-not the answer, Seeing God, Seeking God, Social work, Theodicy, Vision | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Suffering in silence

Posted on May 4, 2014 by

She finally gained the necessary courage to tell me a story that she had kept to herself until that point. Continue reading →

Posted in 18 Year factor, Abuse, Anger, Anxiety, Change, Christian Counselor, Comfort, Counseling, Crisis, Fear, Grieving, Psychology, Relationships, Restoration, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Social work, Suffering, Suicide, Unresolved issues, Victory | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Common grace and common good

Posted on April 21, 2014 by

We are called to be agents of common grace who are committed to the welfare of the city of our exile. Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Call to ministry, Calling, Change, Common Good, Common grace, Culture, Culture of Honor, Evangelism, Government, Grace, Holistic ministry, Kingdom, Mission statement, Missions, Peace, Prison Ministry, Social work, Wisdom, Worldview | Tagged , , | 2 Comments