CounselingChristians

Q: My husband thinks gambling on sports isn't a sin. He doesn't read the Bible over his family nor talk about the things of God to me or our children. He thinks he is a Christian. I'm afraid I have finally figured out he isn't one. A: Here are some guiding helps as you navigate life having found that possibly to be true.  With gambling, do know that there are many believers who haven't been convicted of and just never understood the issue with various sins but God can reveal it through godly people in their lives or their Pastors sermons as he teaches the Word in the pulpit or in Bible Study classes. [*Gambling is addressed in a below resource, as are other sins, to help us grow and mature in our Christian walk].  Wives unequally yoked are told in 1 Peter 3:5-6: "In the same way, you wives must submit yourselves to your own husbands. This way, if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see ...

Q: I have a professing Christian friend who has a weakness for men. She shared with me that she recently fornicated with a good male friend of hers more than once and she wants to do it again but she knows it’s not right. She knows she should end the affair with the guy but because they have great chemistry within their friendship, enjoying what they’re doing and for being friends for so long it’s hard for her to. She said they never dated or intended to. They both find each other physically attractive but never had thoughts of wanting to pursue more than a friendship with one another. The first time it happened one night when they were together they said they just got “caught up in the moment” and said that it was never planned on either ends for them to have sex that night. She knows what she’s doing is wrong so she purposely shys away from prayer and reading her Bible because she knows it’s possible than God can change her mind but she doesn’t want to do so as of yet. Bottom line is...