Rudy Gray

I recently wrote an article for a national publication. After it was published, a reader responded to the article by stating that faith, not thinking, was the key for Christian living. I would not disagree with his conviction, but... Continue Reading »

Stress cannot be completely eliminated, but it can be successfully managed. In most cases, it can be significantly reduced.... Continue Reading »

Jesus Christ knows when a sparrow falls to the ground. He has the hairs of our heads numbered. He is over everything, and he knows everything ? but we don't!... Continue Reading »

How we think is paramount to how we live. Psychiatrist William Glasser has noted that mental illness is basically unhappiness. He says that unhappiness is a time and place in our lives when our lives are not the way... Continue Reading »

For some reason, we have a tendency to measure things in known units: age, weight, height, years, seasons, etc. From Thanksgiving until the end of the year is a unique time.... Continue Reading »

We do not like pain. It is not natural and it is not enjoyable. Something has gone wrong somewhere, somehow, some way when we experience pain. But it is often necessary.... Continue Reading »

It has been said that what does not kill us will strengthen us. We do not like pain, but it is often through our pain that we change, grow and develop.... Continue Reading »

The longer I live, the more convinced I am that we have too often neglected one of the most vital opportunities for family communication and bonding: the meal table.... Continue Reading »

Giving our money to support God's work in our churches and around the world ought to be a common family value that is not only taught but ?caught? in Christian homes. However, we live in a materialistic culture where... Continue Reading »

When our girls were growing up, we emphasized the importance of being truthful. In fact, discipline was more severe when a lie was told than when a rule was broken.... Continue Reading »

Is there a problem with sexual lust today? In Matthew 5:27-30, Jesus taught that lust is mental or emotional adultery. It is not simply the results of lust that Jesus condemned but lust itself.... Continue Reading »

I recently read an interesting article in Christian Counseling Today by Les Carter. He described ?intermittent explosive disorder? (a DSM-IV classification). The disorder is characterized by unpredictable episodes of extreme anger and/or physical outbursts. The person often loses control,... Continue Reading »