This is the lie that says that someone else or some external situation is responsible for my unhappiness. It is the lie that says I am not responsible in any way for my own unhappiness or misery. It is someone else's fault.

Do you know people like Frasier? People who are ?Too Intellectual? to buy into this God stuff? See, the bottom line is, you can?t prove that God exists in a scientific laboratory. Nor can you prove that there is a still small silent voice inside you that keeps shouting that there has to be more to life than just life, which begins and...ends. You can?t prove each of us has a conscience. An innate sense of right and wrong. You can?t prove there is such a thing a...

One of the saddest charaters on the old Cheers TV show is a woman who had some heavy burdens dumped on her. So she goe around with a protective shield firmly in place. I call this type... ?Ms. Attitude.? On Cheers, that's ?Carla,? the waitress. Carla. Tough as nails on the outside... a real mess on the inside. Carla holds it all inside. She lashes out. But we see that hurt. A bad marriage. In Carla?s case, a couple of bad marriages. Bad luck. Hurt. Disappointment. Bad b...

One of the most memorable characters on Cheers was a guy who appeared open to everything, tolerant of it all. The problem was he was so open to everything that he hadn't a real clue about anything. We?re talking about Cliff, the mail carrier and barstool regular. Cliff is "Mr. Whatever." Cliff is the type who hedges his bet. You know, ready to admit there may be some cosmic force of good out there, but also ready to admit there may be something to reincarnation, mystici...

We're told by Jesus to go out into the whole world and tell others about the Good News? But just how can we do that? Here's my top ten suggestions on how to share Christ with a nonbeliever. 1. Look for common interests. WIth most people, it does little good to hit people over the head with a Bible. Instead, talk about common interests, problems, experiences. In other words, build a relationship. 2. Listen more than you talk for the first few minutes. Ask questions. ...

There I was at the ice cream stand the other night, standing in one of two parallel lines waiting my turn for a medium twist. Directly opposite me was a middle-aged guy wearing a haggard look. I saw him glance at me a couple of times but didn't think much until he said "Excuse me... I have to ask. You believe that?" He gestured at my T-shirt. I was wearing a Christian T-Shirt emblazoned across the front with the words: "In God I trust." An ice cream line was the las...

Remember Sam Malone from the old Cheers TV show? Sam. A guy who doesn't like rules. I used to have trouble with all those ?Thou Shall Nots,? too. And - let?s be honest - God does have a lot of ?Thou Shall Nots? for us. He does have some standards, some directions and some rules. And it does grate against our ego to be told NOT to do something, doesn?t it? See we live in a society that stresses ego... self... empowerment... being assertive... looking out for number on...

One of the favorites from the Cheers TV show is the epitome of ?Mr. I don?t Care.? You know him as Norm. Yeah Norm, the guy who finds the glass does get empty. It doesn?t stay filled. It runs dry. Like life. Do you know that frustration? No matter what you do... no matter what new job you get, what relationship you become involved with, what vacation you take, ?thing? you buy.... the thrill, the satisfaction just sort of... runs out. And so you?re left sitting there....

Why am I feeling like such a hypocrite lately? I thought I could do this on my own?but then can I really? Things were going very well for me, I was feeling a great inner happiness and peace because I was praying daily and reading the Bible. Going to church was really uplifting and I was really taking in the message God was giving me. I was outspoken about my beliefs and felt that I was trying to be a good example of a Christian. As time went on, the daily Bible readings...

Last year, press releases from the religious and scholastic communities had been ripe with news of digitizing and making Codex Sinaiticus an online bible. To the uninitiated, this is considered the oldest known Bible, dating back 17 centuries ago. Published during the rift between the East and West Roman Empire, the Bible was said to have been commissioned by Emperor Constantine when he adopted Christianity. It also included the oldest version of the New Testament. The year 2...