When this is disrupted, the automatic reaction is not just disagreement but feeling personally offended. "Anything that challenges one's viewpoint may be rejected by the brain as a threat. The physical reaction is to feel offended, upset, or angry. We often expect others to behave or respond...
27And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 28But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. 29But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be ...
He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God. 6Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning...
There are so many things we fear in this broken world, and yet we do not need to fear if we have the Lord Jesus as our savior. Our sacrifices in this life are nothing compared to the sacrifices He has made for us. No matter what we do on this earth for the good of others is n...
Good God…why everyone isn’t praying them daily is a mystery to me Why isn’t everyone praying them? They make us uncomfortable and rightly so. While some of the imprecations in the “maledictory” psalms surely reflect basic human frustration, others can be rather extreme. Ps 137...
I say do this, they do that, and I want to get offended at their audacity. Then I remind myself they are children. They intuitively want to please their parents but they don’t intuitively know how. Unless you want to be nuts all day and night, you cannot take their behavior and ...
INTJs will have a hard time keeping friends because of a tendency to avoid places and situations in which social interactions can occur. People will just think that INTJs don’t want to keep in contact with them and get offended for not hanging out. Avoidance and isolation come at a very...
If you are offended by that sort of language, you may want to look away. However, arguably, you are the very people who need to read it most. So, if you can suspend your offence for just a few minutes, what follows will likely prove useful to you. Teachers know the power of ...
Since then, the drive to make MM coequal to science, and replace modern knowledge with Māori legends and tales, continues, even under a new and more conservative government. And many people were “offended” by the letter; that is, they claimed it was hurtful to the indigenous people and...
Mortgage PAIN Is Common Now My mortgage pain post was shared around the web and I ended up having a good dialogue with a loan officer. He shared with me some frank insights as to why it'sso hard to get a mortgage nowadays. If you are easily offended, I suggest skipping this post....