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The authoritarian parenting style is a rule-based teaching model that is devoid of nurturing. Too often this parenting model lacks the support and unique guidance that shepherds children toward living well in God's world as adults. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/how-authoritarian-parents-rear-legalistic-children/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can b...

The selfie is not a fad. It's a phenomenon that is not going to go away because the selfie is one way our deepest longings to be loved by someone can be satisfied. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/anatomy-selfie-reveals/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you can make a one-time o...

What does loving the sinner but hating the sin mean? How is it possible to love someone well when they have hurt you? And what does loving them well look like? Read Here http://rickthomas.net/why-hate-the-sin-love-the-sinner-can-be-dangerous-theology-2/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-members...

Have you thought about how your cyber relationships might be impacting your real world relationships? Have you considered how those two different kinds of relationships influence each other? Which one do you prefer? Why do you prefer it? Read Here http://rickthomas.net/how-cyber-relationships-affect-real-world-relationships/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world?...

Football and other sports can be fun as well as a distraction to the Christian life. For me, it has become a distraction that needs more moderation. At the end of this post, you can examine yourself, as to whether or not you're a sportsaholic. Read Here http://rickthomas.net/why-i-dont-watch-football-any-longer/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can beco...

To date or not to date is an interesting question the Bible does not mandate one way or the other. However, I have seen how serial dating can become the teen's version of marriage and divorce. If done often enough, it sets poor relational habits that affect the teen's future marriage. Read Here http://rickthomas.net/13-year-old-divorced-5-times/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free...

Who or what is the animating center of your home? Whoever or whatever your life and family is centered on is the functional and controlling entity of your life and family. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/what-happens-when-god-is-not-the-center-of-your-home/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-me...

I was an adult without a working template for what it meant to be an adult. To make matters worse, I was an unregenerate adult without a clear and practical template for living well in God’s world. I went into adulthood wearing a four-layered blindfold. I wish I had someone to tell me some things a 20-year old needs to know. Here's the list I would tell my 20-year old self. Read Here: http://rickt...

Disappointment in others is a temptation to become sinfully angry at them. If you do this, you will disqualify yourself from helping them overcome whatever they did wrong. Before you can assist them, you will have to fix your anger problem. Read Here http://rickthomas.net/i-got-angry-at-my-daughter-the-other-day-2/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can b...

The gospel edge is a term I coined. It means you are allowing the gospel to cut away the things that hinder you from pursuing the Christlike life, which is the most dangerous and rewarding life that you will ever live. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/do-you-have-the-gospel-edge/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickt...

Some of us are old enough to remember how our culture discriminated against the negro and gay community. All of us have seen how that has changed. We have now replaced the persecuted negro and gay guy. There is a new oppressed demographic. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/todays-christian-replaced-yesterdays-negro-gay-guy/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? Y...

The words husband and leader are synonyms. To be one is to be the other. The question never entered into the discussion is whether or not a husband is a leader. The more relevant and practical question to talk about is the kind of leader the husband is. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/leading-husbands-and-their-wives-who-want-to-love-them/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free conte...

People are not mysterious. Where it matters, they are not different. The more you talk to people, the more you see the common threads that run through all of us. The good news is you have exactly what they need to understand others. It's found in God's Word. The key for you is the ability to connect the Bible to people's lives. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/12-universal-assumptions-you-can-make...

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/muhammad-ali-greatest-time/ Who do you think of when you think about a great person? What I’m really asking is how do you define true greatness? It is the things people do that make them great. Great people do great things. Who impresses you as being truly great? Before Muhammad Ali was considered the greatest of all time, he was an up and comin...

Sound counseling can guide you but it might not give you exactly what you want. To help guard your heart against false assumptions these things will help. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/six-things-to-know-before-you-receive-counseling/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you can...

The modeling and practice of repentance in the home is at the top of the list of what couples should be doing. And if they are not doing this well, their marriage can only take a limp along, Bandaid approach to death, while accelerating the accumulative frustration that leftover/hungover sinning does to a couple. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/effective-thing-can-marriage/ Will you help us so we...

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/im-weary-reading-books/ One of the most redemptive things a Christian could do is stop reading so many books. Transformation comes through the Christian’s heart being transformed by the Spirit of God, as informed by the Word of God. If your self-help pursuits are not bringing you to that good end, then you may want to reconsider how you’re tryin...

Easter is the most famous Christian celebration but it's not the only day to celebrate the resurrection. He's alive today too. Do you have resurrection joy? Article here: http://rickthomas.net/its-resurrection-sunday-again-still-alive/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you can ma...

The resurrection of Christ was a huge problem when it happened. It was hard to fathom or accept. Things have not changed. Do you believe in the resurrection? You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/man-alive-the-problem-with-the-resurrection/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membe...

You can find the article here: http://rickthomas.net/do-better-than-bible-study-spend-time-with-god/ Have you ever thought about the difference between a Bible study versus being with God, while studying His Words? There is a relational difference between the two. I know when a person asks how much time you spend with God that it can send echos of guilt through the soul. My goal is not to probe yo...

It is impossible to fail our program. There is not an A to F grading system because the Christian training worldview is counter-intuitive to secular systems (1 Corinthians 1:25). I supervise the work, but I do not put any student in an A or F category.. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/passing-failing-program/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become...

If you were to lose the most precious thing in your life, how would you respond? Perhaps you have lost something that was meaningful to you. If so, you’re well aware of the strength of your faith in times of loss. I was thinking about these things as I reflected on Ronda Rousey's loss to Holly Holm in their MMA match on November 15, 2015. Ronda was the reigning and undisputed UFC Women’s Bantamwei...

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Find all Pertaining to Life podcasts here: http://rickthomas.net/series/pertaining-to-life/ And submit your question here: http://rickthomas.net/contact/ Let me know you are asking a Podcast Question. This podcast presents the interplay between our spiritual and physical lives, which I categorize as character and competency issues. Our job is to discern what a person can repent from v. a God-given...

Most of my marriage counseling is either with couples who have been married five years or less or fifteen years or more. That is not an absolute rule, but a general one. Read Here: http://rickthomas.net/from-dating-to-divorce-and-how-we-got-there/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ O...