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“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
Yesterday, while skimming over quotes from some of my reading in years past, these paragraphs from D. A. Carson’s book, Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation, jumped out and encouraged me. Picture a couple carefully marshaling enough resources
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It’s no secret that marriage is in a state of crisis. Divorce is all too common, and even couples who have been together for decades often don’t have healthy, thriving marriages. When we hear of another couple struggling in their
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The Biblical Counseling Coalition exists to multiply the ministry of the biblical counseling movement by strengthening churches, para-church organizations, and educational institutions through promoting unity and excellence in biblical counseling. By fostering relationships among the leaders of biblical counseling ministries
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Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree” Galatians 3:13 Have you ever redeemed something? Have you ever bought back something
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Today, P&R Publishing released three new titles in their popular 31-day devotional series. PATIENCE: Waiting with Hope (Megan Hill) Do you dread being forced to wait? Does a summons to patience sound like a call to bitter endurance? It’s not.
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Healing Hearts Ministries was formed to provide biblical counsel and discipleship to individuals who suffer emotionally and spiritually from the pain, trauma, and affliction of their past. For more resources visit the website of Healing Hearts Ministries. Print this entry
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Here’s another recommended Resource List as you minister grace and truth. There are many more list links in the right-hand margin of this homepage. MINI-BOOKS Healing after Abortion: God’s Mercy Is for You (David Powlison) HELP! I Feel Ashamed (Sue
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The CCEF Conference online bookstore is open until October 17th. Many books are 50% off. Longing for Diversity? Reach Your Disability Community – If the disability community is already a multi-ethnic group (and that’s what we long for our church
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Sometimes God’s ways are hard to understand, We want to ask “Why?”—to follow His hand. Sometimes when tragedy comes from above, It tempts us to waver, to doubt His love. But God is infinitely wise and good, He is too
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Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, I want to remind you of a unique mini-book to help afflicted woman woman, HELP! I Have Breast Cancer, by Brenda Frields. One of the beauties of God’s wisdom is the way he
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You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. Psalm 56:8 NLT Your tears are important to God. They must be. He collects them in
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In December 2013, my husband Jim had a debilitating stroke that took away the use of his left side, leaving him wheelchair-bound and in need of significant assistance with just about everything. My husband’s sudden disability overturned our lives in
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In recent months, I’ve been reviewing my well-worn copy of Paul Tripp’s classic counseling training and one-anothering book, Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands. Reading and re-reading certain chapters and underlined portions has been challenging and reaffirming, as I seek ongoing
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Help! Someone I Love Has Alzheimer’s Disease – Dave Jenkins interviews hospice nurse and author, Deborah Howard. Together they discuss many ways to minister grace to family members during the journey through dementia. Honesty – Alasdair Groves talks about the
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Manipulation is a painful and destructive relational dynamic. As a pastor and counselor, I’ve tried to help people work through these confusing and turbulent waters. Today, much of the current literature and counsel on the topic focuses on establishing “boundaries”
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Here’s another recommended Resource List as you minister grace and truth. There are many more list links in the right-hand margin of this homepage. MINI-BOOKS Alzheimer’s Disease: Help for Families in Crisis (Robert Smith) Caring for an Aging Parent (Byron
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I’m really excited about a new 31-day devotional for parents of kids with disabilities, from P&R Publishing, written by Stephanie Hubach. Today’s post is Day 22. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not
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“I want to give you a few minutes to catch your breath. I’m sure that a Parkinson’s diagnosis was not what you were expecting to receive today.” After an hour-long examination, the same doctor who had diagnosed my father with
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By God’s grace, I’m a husband, dad, grandpa, and a pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Hts, OH. I love Christ because He first loved me.
