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| Edward T. Welch | Chapter One of
When People are Big and God is Small 
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Dr. Edward T. Welch is author of several books and many
articles in the Journal of Biblical Counseling. He will be the plenary
speaker for the Conference on Biblical Psychology 2006 to be
held on April 29, 2006 at West Acres Baptist Church in
Evans, GA. Information on the conference can be found at the bottom of
this newsletter. In this chapter Dr. Welch seeks to help us understand the
biblical categories by which we need to understand the influence other
people have in our lives.]
"For a long time, I didn't have any self-esteem," William began. "The only time I felt good was when I had $100 sneakers and a $60 sweatshirt. If I didn't have them I didn't want to go to school." Who would have thought that beneath William's tough, cool image was an ego that could be crushed simply by cheap shoes or a generic sweatshirt? Too bad some of his enemies didn't know. They could have avoided a number of bruises, courtesy of William's fist. Little did they realize that William was a modern day Samson: his strength was in his shoes. Steal his shoes and you can conquer the man. Of course, his shoes weren't exactly the problem. The problem was William's reputation. It was what other people thought about William's shoes-- and therefore him. Call it what you like--reputation, peer pressure, people-pleasing, codependency--William's life was controlled by other people. It that, he was no different from most anyone else. | |||||
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| Larry Trotter | Four Part Sermon
Series 
Larry
Trotter is the Senior Pastor of NorthWake Church in Wake Forest, North
Carolina. A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, Larry has spent his
pastoral ministry preaching expositional sermons and cultivating a
Christian community with a heart for God's glory and compassion for the
world around them.
In this message series, Larry looks at four key issues that wreck many homes: pride, unforgiveness, lust, and depression. Over these four messages, he challenges his congregation to take these threats to our home seriously and offers practical, biblical advice for over-coming these threats. | |||||
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| John Piper | 
1. It is
arrogant to answer before you hear. Humility does not presume that it
knows precisely what a person is asking until the questioner has finished
asking the question. How many times have I jumped to a wrong conclusion by
starting to formulate my answer before I heard the whole question! Often
it is the last word in the question that turns the whole thing around and
makes you realize that they are not asking what you thought they were.
2. It is rude to answer a half-asked question. “Rude” is a useful word for Christians. It means “ill- mannered, discourteous.” The New Testament word for it is aschçmonei. It is used in 1 Corinthians 13:5 where modern versions translate it, “Love is not rude,” but the old King James Version has “Love doth not behave itself unseemly.” This means that love not only follows absolute moral standards, but also takes cultural mores and habits and customs into account. What is polite? What is courteous? What are good manners? What is proper? What is good taste? What is suitable? Love is not indifferent to these. It uses them to express its humble desire for people’s good. One such politeness is listening well to a question before you answer. 3. Not answering a question before you hear it all honors and respects the person asking the question. It treats the person as though their words really matter. It is belittling to another to presume to be able to finish their question before they do. | |||||
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We are excited to announce that Dr. Edward T. Welch, counselor with
the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF) and prolific
author, will be presenting his material entitled Blame it on the
Brain? The date for this year's conference will be April 29,
2006. The Conference will be held at West Acres Baptist Church. The
doors will open for check in at 8:30 and the day will conclude at 5:00. A
full schedule and promotional poster can be found by clicking
here.
This year's conference is a ticketed event, meaning you will want to purchase your ticket ASAP in order to ensure that you have a spot. The ticket prices are:
We are looking forward to a great conference and to seeing you there as we learn how to effectively offer the hope of the Gospel in the midst of the complex issue of chemical imbalance. To Register Today Click Here... | ||||||
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