Posts from January 2024
What is Christianity? : What we believe and why we believe it
If you’ve seen my other blog posts, you will notice that I am making a jump here. I had been studying “Released from Shame” by Dr. Sandra Wilson. This is an excellent book and I still recommend it, particularly to people who struggle with shame and bad memories. However, I want to broaden my scope a little and, while I will still use Dr. Wilson’s book for counseling purposes, I want to feature posts that are more universally applicable. The…
Turning Backward
As we continue our study of shame, guided by Released From Shame by Dr. Sandra Wilson, we are going to look backwards in order to discuss the origins of shame. First we will briefly discuss Biblical shame. This is relatively straightforward. We recognize that we are weaker, more foolish, and smaller than God. Every person has had this revelation at some point, Paul points this out at the beginning of his letter to the Romans. No one has an excuse…