A fool rages and is self-confident. He who is impulsive exalts folly. Proverbs 14:16, 29 OCPD – Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a type of mental disorder in which the individual has a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behavior. This person has trouble perceiving and relating to situations and to people. This causes significant problems and limitations in relationships, […]
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Desire To Possess
The obsessive desire to possess is a critical defect whether in a ruler or in the people. For a leader who lacks understanding is a great oppressor of the poor. Proverbs 28:16 At the heart of idolatry is covetousness (Eph. 5:3). An inordinate desire to possess and control is at the root of our refusal […]
Pride Invites Destruction
True religion is a life that expresses its accountability to God. Though Jim Fife calls himself a Christian, he’s had no accountability for any of the verbal and physical abuses I and my mother have had to endure from him. Can a person be truly religious and still indulge in abusive behaviors on a regular basis? I […]
Mom Distressed & Lamenting
June of 2014 my mother passed on. Four months later I have the following warning dream; My mom and I are in my brother Dennis’s living room. Dennis is lying on his sofa watching TV with his back to us. Mom and I are sitting directly behind him. Quietly, I tell mom that I’ve not received the […]
Laborers in the Vineyard
Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man? In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin. Proverbs 20:6 Psalm 36:2 It was February 2016. I had a short encounter with my brother Dennis today. His tone was one I’ve heard on […]
Signs of the Drawn Sword, the Charred Barn, and the Fuel in Hand
In May 2004 my friend Kathy and myself were doing a prayer walk around the perimeter of my families 10 acre farm, praying over the land and those who dwelt on it as God would direct us. We stopped midway along the boundary of the east side of the property adjacent to my brother Dennis’ […]
Dr. Turkey, Psy.D
It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment. – Proverbs 18:5 – Several years ago a former president of the American Psychological Association estimated that even today, three out of four counselors are ineffective. Some evidence suggests that a majority of counselors are even harmful. […]
Dream: The Charred Barn
Many years ago when we were all young adults, my brother Dennis converted an old, elongated barn into a home for himself. This barn/house sits about center of our 10 acre farm. Two months after the vision of the Sword I had a dream… July 2004– As I enter the front section of the barn it is dark; the walls […]
Down Via Dolorosa
Most people targeted by verbal abuse try to explain to their abuser why what they’ve just heard is not true or not okay. That is me. If, I wasn’t trying to explain myself in hopes for the abuser to understand my intentions, I would become silent, stuffing all the hurt from the accusations the perpetrator […]
Dream: Two Turkeys
– Chapter 6 – Two Turkey’s The Nature and the Price of Folly October 1995 Among the countless dreams I’ve had over a span of 50 years, there were some that spoke of the failure of man to acknowledge God’s holy lordship, leaving the apparent attractions of evil without check. The following dream is one of those. I Had a Dream […]
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