A World Without God

Dr. John Hawkins
2 Aug 2011
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It was Friedrich Nietzsche, in The Gay Science (1882), who had his character the madman declare, “God is dead.” The point Nietzsche seemed to be making toward the end of the 19th century was that the Christian idea of God was dead. The cultural forces at work in the Western world at this time seemed to be leading people to this conclusion. This was the century that gave birth to the rise of Secular Humanism (man is the center of all things). This really was not a new philosophy; it was as old as the Tower of Babel. These same […]

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Build Your House on a Rock

Dr. John Hawkins
5 Jul 2011
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Not too long ago there was a commercial on television that featured young children describing what they wanted to be when they grew up. I cannot remember exactly what they said so I am going to paraphrase the general tone of their comments. One said, “When I grow up I’m going to be drug addict.” Another stated, “I am going to be an unwed mother living in poverty,” while another said, “I am going to be a convicted felon,” and so on. The commercial was using the absurd to illustrate that no one starts out in life wanting or planning […]

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How to Keep a Positive Attitude

Dr. John Hawkins
2 Jun 2011
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In counseling a young woman, who had been sexually molested as a young child, we worked on an approach called “healing of memories”. In this intervention she was to picture Jesus coming into the past event and wait to see what He would say or do. We waited in silence after a time of preparation. She told me she saw the Lord and He said to her, “I was there.” This was a new revelation to her as she had always felt God had left her alone. To her, this thought of realizing God never abandoned her was very helpful […]

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Dealing with a Bully

Dr. John Hawkins
27 Apr 2011
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When I think of bullies my mind flashes back to the 7th grade. I was walking home from school with my cousin and her friend who were 9th graders. In front of us was another 7th grader, the size of a 9th grader. He had obviously hit puberty quicker than me. What I noticed was that he was picking on a much smaller child in elementary school; he kept tripping him. I don’t know why, perhaps it was some innate sense of justice, a desire to impress my cousin and her friend, or the feeling that it was the manly […]

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