Heart Renewal
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White Knights and Reviling Wives: How Feminism Destroys Families
Over the past decade, Edgington has witnessed how modern feminism and what he calls “feminism light” or soft complementarianism, has crept into even faithful churches, leading to disorder in homes, rebellion against God’s design, and confusion about headship and submission. The book exposes how this spiritual deception has weakened families, distorted the roles of husbands and wives, and undermined the authority established by Scripture.
Edgington warns that the spirit of the age has entered the church through the doorway of compromise. Many shepherds, fearing the reproach of man more than the fear of God, have failed to call sin by its name and have flattered rebellion under the banner of compassion. In doing so, they have upheld the erring wife while condemning the faithful husband, bringing confusion and sorrow upon households. White Knights and Reviling Wives calls believers to return to the plain truth of Scripture, where the husband is the head of the home as Christ is the head of the Church, and where peace is restored through repentance, humility, and obedience to God’s order.
The Abusive Wife: Ministering to the Contentious Woman
The wife is the “unexpected” abuser/reviler in a marriage. Biblically, the term “revile” speaks of the verbal aspect of mistreatment of others. It is a “non-contact” weapon in the arsenal of the bitter, controlling person. Both in society and in the Church, it is assumed that the husband is the one who reviles the wife, yet there is a growing trend where the opposite is the case. And this trend will continue to get worse as role confusion in marriage and relationships escalates in the modern world. Men in marriages where they are reviled feel alone, judged, and hopeless.
Most men in this kind of marriage suffer silently since to openly admit this problem calls into question one’s masculinity. Being reviled is so painful and debilitating that most men seriously contemplate suicide. It is no wonder then, that the sin of “reviling” requires church discipline (1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10), yet how many churches practice this? This book is a must-read both for the husband living in a reviling marriage, but also for the Pastor who wishes to minister to his people according to the Scriptures. Drawing on his vast experience as a full-time Biblical Counselor, Dr. Edgington examines this pressing issue from both his experience in counseling husbands and wives, and also from the practical application of the Word of God.
Pornography is a Murderer: The Suicide of the Soul
The title of this book may seem contradictory – porn “murders” yet your soul commits “suicide.” So, which is it – murder or suicide? Actually it is both. There is no contradiction here – the enemy of our souls uses pornography to “murder” us, yet it is we ourselves who hang ourselves with it.Pornography is a murderer, but it doesn’t just murder in isolation. It murders romance. It murders a relationship with your spouse. It murders your ability to parent your children with integrity. It murders holiness. It murders a relationship with God. It murders contentment. It murders peace. It murders your own soul. But pornography is also suicide to the soul. It is self-destructive. You yourself hollow out your own soul. You snuff out the life of the Holy Spirit in your own soul.
You kill a relationship with your spouse – and with your God.If you view yourself as a “victim” of pornography, you will not find freedom. If you believe you are helpless in the face of this foe, you will not find hope. If you think God hasn’t helped you enough, you don’t know God as well as you think you do. If you see this as an “unwanted” temptation, then you don’t understand your own heart. Unless your heart changes, none of your behavior will change for very long. I see it every day in counseling hurting and lost souls. The ones who merely institute rules, put filters on their phones, have an “accountability” partner and make outward behavioral changes never see their change last for very long. But the ones whose hearts truly change by the power of God using the Word of God – the ones who truly deal with their own lusts, their own demands, their own temper tantrums, their own entitlement mindset – these are the ones who find freedom and peace and contentment and joy in the Holy Spirit.
The Beauty of Biblical Meditation: Counseling Your Mind Through the Scriptures
Biblical Meditation is commanded in Scripture, but Bible Memory is not. This is not a statement to discourage Bible memory, but rather it is meant to encourage Bible Meditation. Biblical Meditation is:“To dwell, ponder, muse, think upon or linger upon the truths given us in God’s Word until our hearts are affected by them.”You will find Biblical Meditation to be one of the most powerful and beneficial disciplines that you will ever learn. It changes the heart more effectively than anything else we do. The key word in the above definition is the word “until.”
Romancing Your Savior and Your Spouse
By going verse by verse through the Song of Songs (Song of Solomon – one of the most popular books for the 1st 1500 years of the church), Dr. Edgington shows the fascinating parallel between a believer’s relationship with their spouse and their relationship with Jesus their Savior. He weaves in first-hand accounts from his many years of Biblical Counseling of hurting marriages and shows how to apply the Scriptures to everyday life with love and compassion.
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