Diary of an Addict
Cruciform Press has done the church a service by publishing a very unusual little e-book, The Book of Mary: Diary of an Addict. The sequence of events by which the diaries of a single mother of one, aborter of at
Continue readingMonth: January 2012
I was an Eclectic Counselor Yesterday
Yesterday, I had an enjoyable and very helpful discipleship counseling session with a brother in the Lord over the lunch hour. God in His providence linked us up a few months ago because we both tend to struggle with unhealthy
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Does Romans 13:8 Teach It Is a Sin to Borrow Money?
[Last week, I posted a personal testimony about the progress my wife and I are making as we work to eliminate long-standing debt we incurred over a period of many years, which had significantly crippled us. Today, I am publishing
Continue reading7 Reasons to Remember an Unborn Life
[Yesterday morning a man in our church requested a copy of a brief meditation I had given a few years ago at a memorial service for a stillborn child. He is currently ministering to a young woman grieving multiple children
Continue readingFrom a Deacon’s Heart: Just Say It!
[Today’s post is written by a guest—one of the deacons in our church.] Awhile back the men in my small group were discussing the need to be husbands who honor our wives. I don’t remember the context, but I do
Continue readingComfort Food for Mutual Ministry
Last fall I posted a review of Bob Kellemen’s new book, Equipping Counselors for Your Church. You can read that here. Today, I draw your attention to one of the best pages in the book, which calls us to the
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Bye, Bye Debt—Hello, Freedom
Today is a glorious day for my wife and me! After 41 long months of intentional, aggressive debt reduction we are free of credit card debt for the first time in a long, long time (the weary memory is very
Continue reading“Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God”
“Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my groaning. Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, for to Thee do I pray. In the morning, O LORD, Thou wilt hear my voice; in the
Continue readingJohn Stott on Self-Love
The past few days I’ve been reviewing certain portions of The Cross of Christ by John Stott, which I read last year as part of Tim Challies’s Reading Classics Together initiative. I was again blessed by Stott’s pointed words of
Continue readingBeware of Pharisaism
Few words are surrounded by as much confusion and misunderstanding as legalism. Many modern-day believers carelessly use it to dismiss any strong call to holiness or high standards of conduct that reflect the righteousness of God. However, though the term
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