by Bruce Roeder | Oct 23, 2023 | Emotions, Feelings, Heart Change, Mind, Progressive Sanctification
How would you answer the question, what is heart change? Perhaps you might say having a change of heart about something. You might say, I used to feel this way about this or that, but now I feel this way. In a feelings-oriented culture, you might connect the word...
by Bruce Roeder | Sep 11, 2023 | Deconstructing Faith, Parenting, Teens
As biblical counselors, my wife and I meet wonderful people who want to be more like Jesus intheir life problems. One of the more painful problems parents endure is when they think their teen or young adult decided for Jesus in their youth but now are deconstructing...
by Bruce Roeder | Jul 31, 2023 | Communication, Marriage
A pastor friend once mentioned that Christians had enough information but not enoughapplication. It’s a generalization, but I often find his words applicable as a biblical counselor. For example, communication is one of the most common presenting issues in marriage...
by Bruce Roeder | Jun 19, 2023 | Child-Rearing, Parenting
I took my then three-year-old grandson to the lake several years ago to fish. A man approached me from our condo association and started a conversation that lasted for about twenty minutes. My grandson patiently sat down on the grass and uttered not a word other than...
by Bruce Roeder | Apr 30, 2023 | Child-Rearing, Family, Parenting
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 NASB An article was published at rethinkingschools.org titled, Four-Year-Olds Discuss Love and Marriage. The author is an educator in the...
