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Why Fasting?
Why do Christians fast? And why couple fasting with prayer? Doesn't God hear the prayers of His children even when they do NOT fast? John Wesley, in his sermon on Mattew 6:16-18, said about fasting that fasting "is not all, nor yet is it nothing. It is not the end itself, but is a......Read More

Posted on: 2008-06-09 09:22:19 | Rating:

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Self-Love or Selfless Love ?
The most important moral precept of all is, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and you [shall love] your neighbor as yourself." The most common malady diagnosed by our culture, however, is......Read More

Posted on: 2008-06-10 09:30:00 | Rating:

| Views: 165 | Comments: 0 | Tags: pop psychology selfishness self esteem psychobabble christianity love bible narcissism narcissistic god

Intercessory Prayer
Intercessory prayer is prayer that is offered to God on behalf of another. Intercessory prayer can be offered for anything - from salvation, to moral reform, to some sort of blessing, to a cessation of oppression. Frank Hammond, in his book "Pigs in the Parlor," deals with getting......Read More

Posted on: 2008-06-11 09:31:00 | Rating:

| Views: 96 | Comments: 1 | Tags: chrisianity bible prayer fasting pray intercession intercessory bible christ holiness

Child Abuse Accusations Based on Psychic
In the continuing drama of the feminist hate crime/sport of leveling false allegations.... ________________________________________ TorontoSun.com Wed, June 18, 2008 Board use of psychic blasted Allegation of sex abuse stems from 'vision' of letter V By......Read More

Posted on: 2008-06-18 15:53:00 | Rating:

| Views: 122 | Comments: 0 | Tags: false allegations child abuse feminism christian children abuse lying psychic police

Women are Far Crazier than Men
Check out a document on the World Health Organization's website called "Gender and Mental Health" (http://www.who.int/gender/other_health/en/genderMH.pdf). You have to really scour this document to come up with anything that is a) reasonable and b) understandable - after all, it is......Read More

Posted on: 2008-06-20 15:20:38 | Rating:

| Views: 236 | Comments: 4 | Tags: feminism feminist crazy psychiatric psychiatry mental illness women psychotropic

Good Question on Narcissism!
A family member of a narcissist recently asked this question, and I secured permission to reprint the question and my answer. Q: Have I mentioned that my ex [the narcissist] is now on some superficial "positivity" kick? He is claiming to all that he is a changed man and is......Read More

Posted on: 2008-06-21 10:57:58 | Rating:

| Views: 147 | Comments: 2 | Tags: narcissism psychology counseling npd bible christianity women

Narcissism/Histrionics Disorder Characteristics
The DSM-IV lists eight criteria for Histrionic Personality Disorder and nine for Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Again, I include HPD with NPD because some professionalis and academics consider HPD to be a "female" form of NPD, as politically incorrect as that may be.... Meeting five......Read More