August 31, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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Here are four resources for your one-another counseling ministry: Sexual Detox: A Guide for Guys Who are Sick of Porn – Here are a number of reviews of Cruciform’s contribution to the discussion. Lust Is a Female Problem Too - Too … Continue reading
August 29, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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What causes our anger? asks Robert Jones in Uprooting Anger. “Our culture offers a myriad of theories,” he writes, including: Unconscious psychodynamic forces: “Some theorists think anger flows from deep, inner, unconscious psychodynamic forces. Murky motives lurk within and impulsively … Continue reading
August 27, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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Over the years, as I have meditated on the implications of the numerous “one-another” commands in the New Testament, I have come to some sobering conclusions about our relationships. It is typical for us as believers to think that our … Continue reading
August 24, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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The Summer Institute of the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship (IBCD) has just made available, at no cost, the audio downloads of their training sessions. Wow! Here is a treasure chest waiting to be clicked open: Loving Our Enemies by Grace … Continue reading
August 23, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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“The Expulsive Power of a New Affection” is the classic sermon of Thomas Chalmers, Scottish mathematician, political economist, and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland. Many months ago, I printed off this sermon and it’s been in my … Continue reading
August 22, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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One of the most common, ongoing struggles we face in our sanctification as believers is the area of anger. And one of the most common ways we mismanage our anger is by failing to distinguish between righteous and sinful anger, … Continue reading
August 21, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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LORD JESUS, Give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin; a dread of its approach; Help me chastely flee it, and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be thine alone. Give me a deeper trust, that I may … Continue reading
August 20, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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Over the weekend, I did a little more reading in Extreme Righteousness: Seeing Ourselves in the Pharisees and appreciated Tom Hovestol’s summary of true piety in contrast with the false piety Jesus exposes in Matthew 6. “How can we acquire … Continue reading
August 18, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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On the evening before the Lord’s Day, prepare yourself through prayer. Though the sun will rise tomorrow in the same way it does on every other day of the week, let us remember that tomorrow is the Sabbath of the … Continue reading
August 16, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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“Celebrating Variety: The Diverse and Unified Counsel of God” is the theme for this year’s annual conference of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (NANC). God’s Word is wonderfully diverse in its ability to address the issues of life. Come … Continue reading
