Rick Thomas

💥THIS is a ginormous problem with our local churches.
The impulse is to place the accent mark on the "biblical counseling industry" instead of addressing a church's infrastructural weaknesses regarding the Great Commission:

👉 embedded discipleship in the local church, an every-member understanding and practice of soul care.

Rick
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📍Abuse Means Virtually Anything, and Clarifies Virtually Nothing
The word abuse has become a linguistic catchall. It stretches to cover everything from criminal violence to relational tension, from real oppression to perceived slights.

Like other cultural buzzwords—PTSD, racism, trauma, narcissism—it carries emotional weight but often lacks definitional precision. The problem is not that these realities don’t exist. They do! The problem is that the labels have become so elastic that they blur rather than clarify what is actually happening.

When a word can mean almost anything, it ends up meaning almost nothing.

Read on Substack: https://rickthomasnet.substack.com/p/abuse-means-virtually-anything-and

Rick
LifeOverCoffee.com | | Lifeovercoffee

Abuse Means Virtually Anything, and Clarifies Virtually Nothing The word abuse has become a linguistic catchall. It stretches to cover everything from criminal violence to relational tension, from real oppression to perceived slights.

💪I am a former “girl boss.” I wore the proverbial pants, got the name badge, and could often be found standing in the seats scoffing at those who opposed my view that “whatever men could do, I could do better.”

Then I became a Christian, and the Lord opened my eyes.

I must say I was intrigued by the title “Why women should not have the right to vote.” Written as a thought experiment by Rick Thomas. The article was well done, and I really liked it.

I actually agree.

👉 https://open.substack.com/pub/rickthomasnet/p/from-girl-boss-to-daughter-of-the

From Girl Boss to Daughter of the King I am a former “girl boss.” I wore the proverbial pants, got the name badge, and could often be found in the stands scoffing at any who opposed my view that “whatever men could do, I could do better."