S4E6: The question of control: the hidden dynamic of all marriages

The culture isn't comfortable with shared accountability. But the Christian life is marked by it. Learn how it is missing in most marriages, the impact of missing this critical element, and how we can address it.

Why pray? Many preachers and teacher will start with the benefits to praying. And in doing so, focus on us motivating the what: what to do and what we get from doing so. In this response message, I counter by saying all prayer, as all of the Bible, starts with the Who, and if we miss this, we miss the entire purpose and power behind prayer.

The default area most therapist and counselors will guide couples on is communication. This is wrong. Not because communication isn't important, because it is. But communication is not the root. What needs to be discussed from a Biblical perspective is control. This episode we'll talk about the nature of its root and why it is a prevalent challenge, and how to address it.

Freeing Your Mind is so important but can one to it totally alone? I make the case that it’s met to be done both as a solitary journey and in community.

In this teaching, I talk about the Worldly Prisons based on 1 John 2:15-17: I describe the kinds of common prisons we have when we are too much in love with the world.

Free Your Mind - Part 2: The War For Your Mind. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:5). We cover the two ways to begin to protect yourself against worldly indoctrination. 1) Awareness of what indoctrination is; 2) What you need to do to defend against it.

Season 5: Free Your Mind - Episode 1. This introduces the series by asking, Why need a freed mind?

Season 5: Continuing our series on Free Your Mind, we cover today Freedom from the Past. Guess what? Replaying your hurts....is a habit! Listen to learn more about why we do this and how to unhook yourself from this painful self-torture!

Season 5: "Free Your Mind." Many people aren't truly thinking thoughts that are free, but are imposed by others around them. In this episode, we look at one form of imprisonment -- small dwellings. When we dwell on the trivial and the petty, our thoughts and lives shrink. I talk about the antidote in this episode that can give you greater freedom.

Cleaving from Parents is critical to oneness, but many marriages do this wrong. I share some personal pain around this with ways to address this challenge.