Resolve: Biblical Counselling Conversations

How can we overcome the highs and lows of life?  How did our Lord Jesus Christ deal with discouragement? In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Wayne Mack discusses how Jesus Christ was described as being a man of sorrow, and how He responded to the feelings and emotions that He experienced.  What does it mean for us to have fullness of joy? Is there a place for sorrow in the Chri...

How can man overcome depression?  What does it really mean to be depressed? In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Wayne Mack supplies the introduction to the next series of episodes where we will look to understand and defeat loneliness and depression. How do people get depressed? What is a biblical definition of depression? In the Bible we have everything we need for life and fo...

What is man’s greatest need? How can man’s greatest need be attained? In this episode of Christian life Issues for Today, Dr. Wayne Mack discusses how we can attain true success within this life. God wants His children to be ambitious, so what’s wrong with wanting success? Why is godliness supposed to be our goal? What is godliness? These are but some of the things that are discusses within this e...

How does real change happen as we battle our anxieties? What are we to replace anxiety with?  In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Wayne Mack discusses how we are to put certain things off and put other things on and how this process allows us to overcome the anxiety that is present in our lives. Taking every thought captive, meditating on the fact that Christ is ruling and appl...

Does God have a purpose with our stressful situations?  How can we know what His purposes are?  Can our own sin be the reason why people act sinfully towards us? In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Mack continues to elaborate what the way of escape is from the stress that we experience in our lives. The sowing and reaping principle, James 1:2-5, Matthew 5: 3-12 and Galatians 5:...

What role does the sovereignty of God play regarding our attitude towards stress? How can being thankful allow us to overcome stress? In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Mack discusses key factors in developing biblical procedures to overcome stress before it overcomes you. We take a look at key biblical figures such as Joseph, Paul, and Jehoshaphat and how they handled the str...

How does the Bible warn us about the consequences of ungodly responses to stress?  What is the purpose of doing so?  How can sinful responses to stress negatively affect our lives?  In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Mack continues his discussion of stress from the previous episode and lists five consequences of our ungodly responses to it. He includes biblical examples of why...

Where does stress come from? How can we overcome the stresses of life before they overcome us? In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Mack discusses the topic of stress from a biblical perspective. Some of the material that is touched on within this episode include: ·        How to respond to worry. ·        What are the differences between good and bad stress? ·        Examples o...

How can we overcome the temptation of sinful anger?  What does the Bible teach us about dealing with our sinful anger, and what should we do to prevent anger and offense from straining and damaging our relationships with others?  In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Mack explains four biblical aspects to dealing with our anger in a God-honouring way. The material is from Chapter...

What are the various ways that sinful anger can manifest itself in our lives?  How do you counsel someone that does not acknowledge their anger? How important is it for us to take ownership of our anger?  In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Mack explains how we should see the anger in our own lives and how we are to respond to people or situations that treat us not according to...

When is anger sinful? What are the characteristics of sinful anger?  In what ways is sinful anger destructive? In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Mack discusses the topic of sinful anger and the reasons why people become sinfully angry from a biblical perspective. He includes biblical examples of what happens when sinful anger is allowed to remain in our lives. The material is...

Is anger always sinful? When is anger sinful and when is anger righteous?  In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Mack addresses the subject of anger and looks at defining the different types of anger from a biblical perspective. He draws material from Chapter 1 of his book Anger & Stress Management God's Way and concludes the episode with some practical application quest...

Christian Life Issues for Today is a new podcast that is hosted by Dr. Wayne Mack.  The purpose of the podcast is to help people grow in their Christian lives, to equip people to use the Word of God to minister to others in their own lives and so that Colossians 1:28 would be fulfilled: “We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man...