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Topics: Marriage, Trust, Dating, Alcoholism, Boundaries, Counseling, ,
Hosts: Steve Arterburn, Dr. Dave Stoop
Caller Questions:
- How can I trust my wife when she is out all night?
- Shall I date someone who is uninvolved at church?
- Where can I find a genuine relationship?
- My husband drinks in his man cave. Is there help for me? Is there help for him?
- I am a Lay Minister and a lady from church has asked me to be her spiritual counselor.
- How do I get my husband to see me as not being his enemy?
- Will my abuse at 8 years old affect my future relationships?
- Am I still considered married in God\’s eyes after my divorce?
Suggested Resources:
How We Love
Is This the One
Life Recovery Bible
Walking Into Walls
Better than Ever
Healing Is A Choice
Link to New Life Live: July 18, 2012
July 19, 2012 at 10:38 am
The last caller absolutely received the wrong answer. Just becasuse someone gets a legal divorce does not mean it is a biblical divorce. Both Steve and Dave were completely incorrect. If that caller or his wife remarry anyone other than each other they will marry into adultery. It is so important to know the scripture for ourselves.
July 21, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Hey Martha, for many years I believed in God and thought that was the only criteria to say I am a Christian. I went through a marriage and many relationships before I really became fed up with the world views. What stops those who don’t care to pursue the Christian life? It seems to me that these people want to hang on to selfishness and making their own rules. They are so afraid to give up selfishness they will not have the perseverance or faith to learn and grow in a Christian lifestyle. I have had people argue that they do not need God or the Bible to have common sense. Well, I disagree. If you don’t put God first in your life, then you have no purpose higher than yourself, so then your main focus would have to be yourself, making your own rules, and not having the understanding of a larger picture.
I relate to Jody, a lot of the people who go to CR are dysfunctional, or very needy. I wish more people went to CR. It seems the regular church-goers seem to look down on those who attend CR, as though they are all recovering from drugs, or they are mentally ill. I wish they would change the name-or something to make it more appealing for insecure Christians who don’t want to be snickered at.