Understanding and Implementing the APA Task Force Paper on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation

ByDr. Ralph Blair

by Dr. Ralph Blair – The American Psychiatric Association Convention, May 7, 2012 An integration model for cognitive therapy with clients experiencing dissonance between same-sex orientation and faith commitment is discussed. For optimal psychological coping, clients need a coherent understanding of themselves. Since experienced dissonance is evidence that clients are torn between telic congruence and…

Preaching Festival 2011

ByDr. Ralph Blair

1911 ~ The Centennials ~ 2011 Hannah Whitall Smith – Carry A. Nation – Mahalia Jackson – Bob Jones, Jr. This is the opening talk by Dr. Ralph Blair given at the 2011 Preaching Festival.  The 2012 weekend focused on a group of centennial, historical Christians whose journeys and testimonies are an encouragement and inspiration to all.  Sermons…

Preaching Festival 2010

ByDr. Ralph Blair

 1910 ~ The Centennials ~ 2010 William Holman Hunt  – Louis Klopsh – The Fundamentals – F. F. Bruce This is the opening talk by Dr. Ralph Blair given at the 20120Preaching Festival.  The 201o weekend focused on a group of centennial, historical Christians whose journeys and testimonies are an encouragement and inspiration to all.  Sermons from…

“Ye Olde Postmodernism”

ByDr. Ralph Blair

The first in a series of three sermons given by Dr. Ralph Blair at the 2010 Preaching Festival held in Ocean Grove, N.J. “Ye Olde Postmodernism” Prefixing “Postmodernism” with the quaintness of “Ye Olde” and its visions of English village shambles and whiffs of ale and Cheshire cheese, isn’t as anachronistic as “Ye Olde’s” pseudo…