April 9, 2013
by Paul Tautges
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As a follow-up to the last post, 7 Directives for Meditating on Scripture, let’s think more about meditating on the Word. Compare your appetite for physical food to your hunger for the Word of God. Do you treasure Scripture more … Continue reading
December 18, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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It’s impossible to over-value the Scriptures for the purpose of counseling our souls. Truly they are more valuable than fine gold and, therefore, much more to be desired than any and all earthly treasure (Ps 19:10). What an indescribable wealth … Continue reading
December 14, 2012
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Here’s one more “power of the Scriptures” study from our Intensive Discipleship Training at our church. Here we spent time meditating on Hebrews 4:12 and reflected on the power and adequacy of God’s Word to penetrate the deepest recesses of … Continue reading
December 13, 2012
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Here is the second “power of the Scriptures” study from our Intensive Discipleship Training module. Here we spent time in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and reflected on the power and adequacy of God’s Word to equip believers toward spiritual maturity and … Continue reading
December 12, 2012
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A couple weeks ago, in our Tuesday night Intensive Discipleship Training module, we spent time in Psalm 19:7-11 and reflected on the power and adequacy of God’s Word to transform our hearts and souls. We noticed the various titles used, … Continue reading
November 15, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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One of the fundamental convictions of biblical counseling is belief in the power of the Holy Spirit to change us into the image of Christ by means of the Word of God. Among many Scriptures testifying of this truth is … Continue reading
November 2, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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Earlier today, I read a helpful little booklet written by Susan Heck entitled A Call to Scripture Memory. In this 21-page booklet from Focus Publishing, the author answers five questions: Who should memorize Scripture? Why should we memorize Scripture? What … Continue reading
October 4, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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The congregation of College Park Church in Indianapolis were the gracious hosts of this year’s NANC annual conference. Monday evening, Mark Vroegop, pastor of College Park, opened up the conference with a wonderful exposition of Psalm 19:7-11. He demonstrated the completeness of … Continue reading
June 2, 2012
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According to Romans 12:2, believers can count on the will of God for their life being good, acceptable, and perfect. Therefore, there is never any good reason to not fully surrender to it. In The Christian’s Reasonable Service, Dutch Reformer … Continue reading
June 1, 2012
by Paul Tautges
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A regular reader of this blog writes, “Dear Paul, a friend of mine is extremely, extremely confused about the ‘leading of the Spirit’ etc., very mystical, continuously telling me about experiences she had and how the Lord explained them to … Continue reading
