Monthly Archives: February 2015

As we suffer through the winter of 2015, we wonder if spring will ever arrive. I look out the window in my office and I see the same white scenery I have seen since February 15.  The snow came in … Continue reading →

As I read Chapter 8, I began to consider levels of sin.  Years ago, I taught Sunday School from a book by Jerry Bridges called Respectable Sins.  His premise was that Christians today have become so preoccupied with the major … Continue reading →

We all want to live a stress free life and granted, too many of us [certainly me included] make too big of a deal out of little things but do you see minimization as a problem in your life? Do … Continue reading →

Years ago, I heard of a church that did not want the whole truth. The pastor was using words like sin, sinner, hell and punishment in his weekly sermons. This was not sitting too well with the congregation. They wanted … Continue reading →

Pastor Idleman tells many tales of people who minimize their actions as a defense mechanism against the guilt of their sin but as a Sunday school teacher, I want to share some information from Pastor Warren Wiersbe that fits in … Continue reading →

Paul tells us in the Bible, “the wages of sin is death.” I wonder if that is true? The way a minimizer thinks, I guess it’s not.  Literally, if you sin, Paul means you are in the process of dying.  … Continue reading →

How many times have you heard that phrase or how many times have you used it? Minimization—the acknowledgement of the reality of a situation and even owning responsibility for it but denying its seriousness.  This is the topic for the … Continue reading →

Pastor Idleman uses many ways of explaining projection in Chapter 7 but I wanted to comment on an idea that grabbed me the most. The story he used seemed so ironic but it is so true.  It summarizes what he … Continue reading →

Toward the end of Chapter 7, Pastor Idleman returns to the Prodigal Son story and addresses the idea of blaming God for our problems.  He uses the car he dented on the very windy day as an “act of God” … Continue reading →

Pastor Idleman spends a part of Chapter 7 discussing his marriage.  His marriage, like all marriages, is not just one happy day after another.  Problems occur in every marriage. Projection occurs in every marriage. Spouses always want to blame the … Continue reading →