Indecision Is a Decision: Why Delay Is Never Neutral

Indecision Is a Decision: Why Delay Is Never Neutral

By David M. Tyler, Ph. D.|2026-02-26T15:13:11-06:00January 26th, 2026|biblical counseling, Discouragement & Weariness|

Indecision Is a Decision:

Why Delay Is Never Neutral

by David M Tyler, PhD

Indecision is not neutral.
Many believers delay obedience while waiting for certainty God has not promised.
In Scripture, waiting to choose is itself a decision that reveals where trust lies.

Indecision is often treated as a harmless personality trait. Some people describe themselves as naturally cautious. Others interpret indecision as spiritual humility, believing that waiting longer somehow honors God. Still others explain it emotionally, attributing hesitation to anxiety, fear, or overwhelm.

The Bible does not […]

Man and the Idea of Self-Expression Part 2

By David M. Tyler, Ph. D.|2026-01-13T15:08:02-06:00January 13th, 2026|biblical counseling, biblical discernment|

Featured Excerpt

Modern culture treats desire as identity and impulse as authority. Scripture makes a crucial distinction modern psychology rejects: the body influences behavior, but it does not define the self. Jesus calls His followers not to express every impulse, but to rule them in obedience to God.

Man and the Idea of Self-Expression

The True Self, Sin, and the Gospel Answer to Self-Expression

Part 2

David M Tyler, PhD

This article continues the argument developed in Part 1, Man and the Idea […]

Man and the Idea of Self-Expression

By David M. Tyler, Ph. D.|2026-01-13T15:17:03-06:00January 6th, 2026|biblical counseling, biblical discernment|

Man and the Idea of Self-Expression
A Biblical Critique of a Popular Philosophy

Part 1

By David M Tyler, PhD

Featured Excerpt

Self-expression did not begin with psychology. It began with the serpent’s lie that obedience to God is suppression and self-assertion is freedom.

Introduction

Modern culture praises self-expression as essential to mental health, authenticity, and personal freedom. To suppress one’s desires is said to be harmful, even immoral. But Scripture tells a very different story. The Bible traces the idea of self-expression not to human flourishing, but to human rebellion.

To understand the danger of this philosophy, we must […]

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