In my last post (here) I waded into the question about how Christ-followers might make use of the word “addiction” or if we even should. Today I am taking a closer look at a specific dilemma many of us face around that sticky word, but first let me back up the bus a little. Twelve […]
Do You Have a Choice? The Christian’s Dilemma Read More »
I once heard someone say that we chase emotions rather than results. We don’t so much want the thing we are seeking; it’s the way that thing makes us feel that drives our behaviour. By this logic, I didn’t simply desire to get my doctoral degree. Rather, I spent eight long years sacrificing and sweating
Trusting in Our Own Worthiness is a Bad Idea. Rely on This Instead Read More »
Let me get this out of the way right now: there is no such thing as a “Jesus Diet”. There is no magical formula for weight loss if we would just follow Christ’s “three keys of eating”. I don’t believe in any of that nonsense. I don’t believe that there is a secret, biblical eating
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Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6:6-8 I may have dropped the long title “On Desperation, Dining in the Dark, Depression, and Deliberate Action” but
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In the 1999 film The Matrix, Morpheus explains that if you get shot while in the matrix, you will die in real life. Even though the matrix is only a place in the mind- a virtual world created so that sentient AIs could use their dormant human victims as a fleshly power source in the
You Don’t Have a Food Problem, You Have a Fantasy Problem Read More »
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by
The Flesh Part V: The Way I Eat Is Optimized to Prevent Self-Deception Read More »
“For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart” 1 Samuel 16:7 (ESV) Scurrying along the sidewalk on a dark night, we might ask, “Does this guy walking past me look like the kind of person who would pull a knife?” When sitting
The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you
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We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 I once read that the best parents communicate two resounding messages to their children: 1. We love you like crazy2. You cannot have what you want In tandem, these two truths are
Fat-Shamers and the Fat-Acceptance Movement Both Have it Wrong Read More »
At this point in my life I have worked with or spoken to a number of people who are in the middle of a weight-loss diet. I hear comments like “I ate X last night. Will I still lose weight when I step on the scale tomorrow?” or “I must lose thee pounds this week.
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