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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 →

I have always been fascinated by how people see their world.  What got me started with this is the study of how people communicate one to one, sometimes referred to as interpersonal communication. The aspect of interpersonal communication that was … Continue reading →

Pastor Idleman’s use of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is a perfect example of projection. You have all heard the old expression of “The Buck Stops Here.”  The phrase was publicized by Harry S. Truman, one of … Continue reading →

I am a sinner. I am a sinner. I am a sinner. Hard to say isn’t it? So far Pastor Idleman has discussed how we just can’t see ourselves in an honest way.  We can’t accept that identity that is … Continue reading →

In Chapter 7, Pastor Idleman takes us this week into the wonderful world of projection. I should not say “wonderful world” because being stuck in sin and not growing beyond it;  that’s not “wonderful”. Remember the whole point of his … Continue reading →