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Codependent Enabling: Stages of Decline

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 26, 2021
People trying to save or help their addicted loved ones are in a similar position to a pastor trying to save his congregation from sin. They often use similar tactics. After a time of this helping, the addict comes to resent the reforming efforts of the loved one, who is after all supposed to be […]
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Tranquilizers, Nerve, and Sleeping Pills

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 26, 2021
For the 20 million Americans who suffer from depression, I explained last week how antidepressant medication is wonderful. It helps relieve some of the symptoms of depression without creating any, and it even relieves one of the causes. Whereas antidepressants have no inflated street value because they give you no buzz or addictions, most medicines for anxiety are just […]
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Recovering from Trauma and Abuse

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 22, 2021
Can People Recover from Trauma and Abuse?              It is with both pride and embarrassment that America has become known as a victims’ society.  We can be proud that we prosecute perpetrators of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse at least as severely as most developed nations.  But we should […]
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How Do You Respond to Anger? Good and Bad Ways found in the Bible

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 18, 2021
  USING ANGER TO MAKE OR SOLVE CONFLICT by Dr. Paul Schmidt   Resentment vs. Peacemaking   Anger is the normal human response to injustice.  When faced with hurt, it guides and motivates our efforts to correct an unfair situation. When justice is seen through the eyes of divine love and mercy, the anger is […]
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Biblical Insights and Questions about Sexual Sin

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 10, 2021
           (Each paragraph can be a private devotional, or a class for group discussion.) The Bible gives in rich detail how life unfolds for people who fall into sexual sin. It was pure visual seduction for David when he laid eyes on his neighbor’s wife Bathsheba (2Sam 11). His heart followed his eyes in violating the […]
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Being Positive with Children Who Aren't

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 1, 2021
Almost every child from time to time acts negative. They act like they want to ruin things for everybody—peers, adults and even themselves. At times like this, if you're the care-taking adult (parent, teacher, grandparent, babysitter, child care or day-care worker), you're going to have a hard time knowing why or how to be positive. […]
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Is it a Bad Habit, Sin, Disease, or Addiction

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on July 26, 2021
  IS IT A BAD HABIT, SIN, DISEASE, OR ADDICTION?  At most big family gatherings, there will be an alcoholic, a nicotine user, or a drug abuser present. The table likely plays host as well to a few non-chemical bad habits that also threaten the family. Nearly every family has folks who have an eating, […]
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How Codependents Enable Addicts

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on July 26, 2021
With any addiction to chemicals or to a habit, loved ones trying to help addicts need to realize and continually remind themselves of three things:  “I didn’t cause the addiction, I can’t control it, and I can’t cure it either.”  But you can make it easier for addicts to keep their addiction going.  How?  The counterproductive efforts people make to help and reform their addicted loved ones […]
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Love, Sex, and Gender: WHAT MAKES US HEALTHY?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on July 23, 2021
How parents can discuss these things with teens             When I was a teenager, and especially when I left home for college, I had trouble refraining from certain things just because I was told not to do them.  Even if I saw it in the Bible written as something not to do, in order to […]
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