Category Archives: insensitivity

The Rise of Biblical Counseling – A Warning About and Criticism Of Nouthetic Counseling

Posted on September 15, 2014 by crankymccrankypants

This is a very long article linked to below but well worth the read, especially if you are a Christian who is leaning towards using “biblical counseling” if you have a mental health problem or family problem – I would … Continue reading →

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Be Careful When and To Whom You Open Up To

Posted on March 9, 2014 by crankymccrankypants

If you are a codependent person – and this seems more prevalent among women – you may tend to “over share.” You may tell someone you have just met, including men you just started dating, your entire life story, including … Continue reading →

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Charles Stanley – No Understanding of Codependency

Posted on June 9, 2013 by crankymccrankypants

Baptist Pastor Charles Stanley’s recent broadcast (of June 8, 2013), where he replied to a woman who wrote asking for advice about what to do about her two daughters, who were over 35 years of age and unemployed and without … Continue reading →

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Asking if Biblical Gender Complementarian Beliefs Cause Domestic Abuse May Not Be the Right Question

Posted on February 27, 2013 by crankymccrankypants

I found this PDF entitled, “Do Complementarian views Encourage Domestic Abuse?” The PDF is rather long, and I do not have the patience to read it all. I think whoever wrote the paper is asking the wrong question (and whomever … Continue reading →

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Christians Wrong About Anxiety – Including Pastor Charles Stanley

Posted on January 20, 2013 by crankymccrankypants

I watched most of pastor Charles Stanley’s television show “In Touch” last night. He was addressing the topic of anxiety. I believe it was a rebroadcast; the episode was first aired in 2012. You can view it and listen to … Continue reading →

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Suffering is Not A Competitive Sport

Posted on January 11, 2013 by crankymccrankypants

This is a topic that runs across several that I find annoying or that I have personally experienced, and I’ve seen it happen to other people, and it can and does hurt people. There are people in the world who … Continue reading →

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Recovering Christian Codependent / Clinical Depression / Social Anxiety Disorder

Posted on October 29, 2012 by crankymccrankypants

Welcome to my new blog. I may tackle other issues occasionally, but the major one I wanted to address with this blog was codependency, since it has had such a huge impact on my life, as well as topics that … Continue reading →

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