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Believe It or Not
- “Who Touched Me?” (Life-Changing Encounters with God)
- Angry and Deeply Troubled, Jesus Wept… Why?
- Do You Want God’s Best or Is Yours Best Enough?
- If God Didn’t Always Exist, What Did? (It takes even more faith to be an atheist!)
- Seeing Clearly With the Son in Your Eyes
- The Empty Cross (40 hours no one talks about)
- This Happened! (An Extraordinary, Unforgettable Encounter)
- What Really is Baptism into Relationship with God?
- What Really Is Relationship with God? (Married into the Family)
- What Then Shall We Say In Response to These Things?
Thoughts, Feelings & Behavior
- A Man After God's Own Heart: David's Story of Addiction, Repentance, Relapse, Redemption & Restoration
- Addicted to Me (Barack Obama: "I was so obsessed with me…")
- Are You Under the Influence?
- Caged by Shame (Redemptive Healing)
- Criminal Mind: Restored to Innocence
- Depression Obsession (Finding the Right Road to Freedom)
- Do the Math! (Measuring the Value of What You Want Most)
- DUI: Desire Under the Influence
- Guilt & Shame, Scabs & Scars (Recovery from Your Past)
- I Hate Myself… or Do I? (Restoring Self-Esteem)
- Mind Games (What Gives?)
- Mourning Sickness… From Resistant to Repentant
- Neurochemical Warfare: Moral Sabotage
- Overcome F.E.A.R. (Failed Expectations Affecting Reality)
- Recovering Lost Things (From Fear to Faith)
- Scratch the Itch
- Solving the Mystery of the Human Condition
- Stuck in the Heartache of Deferred Hope
- Tastes Good, Does It? What's In It? (Stages of Repentance)
NewLIFE
- Baptized into the Harvest of New Life
- Because I’m Worth It! (Worthy of His Best & The Rest)
- BRAINWASHED into Something Beautiful… New Life!
- Dying Into New Life: The Reason We’re Born… Again
- Faithful and Just to Forgive (Made to Love Completely)
- Hopeless to Healed… Pain to Purpose
- It’s Simply a Matter of Time
- Modeling Grace
- New Age Living (and oh by the way, your feet stink)
- One Thing You Lack: Finding the Joy in Giving (until it hurts a little)
- Seeing Clearly With the Son in Your Eyes
- Solving the Mystery of the Human Condition
- The Good, the Bad, and the… Hey! What's that Monkey on my Back?
- The Pursuit of Happiness: A Bipolar Experience
- Under My Skin (when the answer is “NO” in the Age of Grace)
- Waging the War Within (Why Seek the Living Among the Dead?)
- What About You? Will You Also Leave Me?
Applied Recovery
- And Justice for All… When Love Isn't Fair (Recovery from Entitlement)
- Come to Your Senses (Restorative Recovery)
- Do the Math! (Measuring the Value of What You Want Most)
- Do the Math! (The Application of Rational Principles)
- Find Rest for Your Soul Tethered to Jesus
- Freedom Fighters (Setting Families Free)
- If I was Granted Three Wishes
- Letting Go: The Isaac Principle
- Listen with LUV … It's Not About the Nail
- Pop Goes the Weasel… Managing Conflict, Anger, & Resentment
- Power of the Least Interested Party (Recovery from the "Need" to be Right & in Control)
- Root Dug Deep That Thorny Weed (Resentment Recovery)
- Solving the Mystery of the Human Condition
- Step by Step… One Day at a Time (A 12-Step Study)
- Surrender It All or Surrender At All? (What’s In Your Camel?)
- When the Levee Breaks (Restoring Trust)
Revolutionary Faith
- “Who Touched Me?” (Life-Changing Encounters with God)
- Doubt in the Madness of the Perfect Storm
- Heaven, Hell, 3-Foot Forks, and My Problem with Hank
- If I Only Knew Then What I Know Now
- Justified… Just if I'd Never Needed a Root Canal
- Measured Faith (Belief Enough?)
- Mustard-Seed Faith: What’s so moving about that mountain, anyway?
- Open Sesame… The Way Out is the Way In
- Revolutionary Transformation (Evidence for Faith)
- Stock Exchange: Sound Investment Strategy
- Strike It Rich… Oil that Is!
- The Problem of Pain… A Study of the Father's Discipline
- Thirsty? (Never Thirst Again!)
- Trapped in a Life on Fire! (and still playing with matches)
- Walk on Water Lately? (“Faith is an ocean you can walk on”)
- What Is Your Ten-Thousand Year Plan? (When the time of perfection comes)
- Whoosh! (A Testimony of Divine Intervention)
Beware
- "Do I Know You?" (Beware of Dogs)
- Are You Numb to the Glory? (Beware of Complacency)
- I Can "Manage" Just Fine (Beware of Illusions)
- My Way or the High Way (Beware of the Idol)
- Romancing the Stone (Beware of What You Worship)
- To Believe or Not Believe? (Beware of Cynics Preying on Faith)
- Who is Born Again? – "Secret password, please…" (Beware of Self-righteousness)
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Pop Goes the Weasel… Managing Conflict, Anger, & Resentment
by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project “We will sacrifice anything on the altar of our anger, the rage that is slowly building from a lifetime of thwarted desire—our marriages, our child’s self-esteem, someone’s very life. —John Eldredge, author, The … Continue reading
The Original CBT Manual (for Christ-Centered Clinicians)
by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project FREEdom from MEdom Project (FFMP) is a unique opportunity to merge together the best of evidenced-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) approaches with faith-driven Christ-centered 12-Step power for a transformative new life experience. This … Continue reading
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A Call to Consistency
by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project I want to thank each and every one of you that have spent some time in FREEdom from MEdom Project. I hope from the bottom of my heart that you were and … Continue reading
A Man After God’s Own Heart: David’s Story of Addiction, Repentance, Relapse & Restoration
by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project “It’s long, but it’s worth the read to the one who will take the time. It is admirable that you took on David’s sexual addiction head-on, whereas most Bible scholars seem to … Continue reading
Disease Debate: Is Addiction a Disease or a Decision?
by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project “(This) is right on. You did a lot of work and your study was directed by God’s eternal truth from the Bible.” —Pastor Randal Ross, Calvary Church, Chicago (Naperville), IL Pages related … Continue reading
Accuracy & Authority of God’s Word
The most effective tool in experiencing revelation and knowledge of the will of God for your life each day is by way of His written word in Scripture, aptly referred to as the Word of God. If you happen to … Continue reading
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The Empty Cross (40 hours no one talks about)
by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project We honor the death and sacrifice of Jesus on Friday, and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Sunday, referred to as Easter. Jesus crucified in the morning, and died in the afternoon … Continue reading
Relapse and the Brain
by Michael Dye and Patricia Fancher for The National Association for Christian Recovery In very simplistic terms, we have two parts to our brains. The first part is the neocortex. It is located in the front of the head and … Continue reading
Fell from Grace to Be Grace (Lost it All to Win it All)
by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project “This is filled with so many errors it would be hard to untangle the heresy…” Over the years, I have written about the full humanity of Jesus Christ during his time in … Continue reading
Testimony: Recovery from Pornography Addiction
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Receive the Gift of No Condemnation and Walk in Peace, by Joseph Prince
From Vol 2. Issue 4 on October 2009 Christians celebrate Christmas to commemorate the birth of our Lord Jesus, knowing that He came to give us eternal life. But how many realize that Jesus also came to give us the … Continue reading
Letting Go of Anxiety
Letting go of anxiety One of the cornerstones of our approach to recovery is that sobriety is integrally related to emotional and spiritual well-being. It’s hard to be sober if you’re not in a good place emotionally and spiritually … … Continue reading
Forgiveness is a Gift You Give Yourself
Written by Tracy Bell, LCPC, NCC, Heritage Counseling Center, Plainfield, IL I once heard someone say that unforgiveness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. I will never forget that statement because I think it … Continue reading
An Introduction to ADHD
Written by Rachael DeWitt, LCSW, Heritage Counseling Center, Plainfield, IL. While ADHD is a well known diagnosis among kids, do you REALLY know ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)? The stereotypical patient with ADHD is an 8-year-old boy who can’t sit still, sometimes … Continue reading
Two Keys to Letting Go of Misery in Recovery from Sexual Addiction
We may have learned how to be miserable, but we can choose to unlearn. We can moan about the things we don’t like, using them as excuses for self-pity (”poor me”), or we can implement the Serenity Prayer, accepting what … Continue reading
Historical Evidence About Jesus Christ
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ That is the … Continue reading
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Caffeine Addiction
Caffeine addiction is arguably the most widespread drug addiction in America, and perhaps the world. Although often used to add flavor and taste to drinks, caffeine is also commonly consumed for its stimulant properties. It’s this latter widespread usage which has created a … Continue reading
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Secularizing the 12 Steps versus Biblicizing the 12 Steps
by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project It is generally acknowledged that the twelve-step movement is probably the most accepted and practiced form of treatment/support for addictive and compulsive patterns of behavior. The issue to be considered is that … Continue reading
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Ruts and Paradox: A Different Approach to Routine Conflict
Written by Scott Hendrickson, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor I was speaking with someone today who was very angry at her husband who is angry himself and a yeller. He yells at the kids, yells at her—just yells. She quickly jumps … Continue reading