Work Backwards
One of the most effective counseling methods I know of is to work backwards from where I am now to where I once was, from where my thinking has been renewed to where it went awry. This is not only
Continue readingMonth: April 2012
Men’s Conference in Philadelphia this Month
If you live near Philadelphia it would be great to have you join us at the Men’s Conference hosted by Lifeway Baptist Church, April 27-28. I will be teaching from Romans and 1 Peter on the subject of winning the
Continue readingDADs 2:7 – Another Ring for Another Daughter
“Children are a gift from the Lord…how blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them” (Ps 127:3, 5). God has richly blessed my wife and me with six daughters and four sons. This past weekend was another daughter’s
Continue readingChrist Our Savior
The past two days we’ve learned Jesus is our Sacrifice and Substitute. He is also our Savior. “For Christ also died for sins … the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God” (1 Pet 3:18).
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In yesterday’s post we began thinking about the gospel message of 1 Peter 3:18, noticing Jesus as our sacrifice. Today, let us think about Jesus Christ as the sinner’s substitute: “For Christ also died for sins … the just for
Continue readingChrist Our Sacrifice
“For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit” (1 Pet 3:18). The
Continue reading8 New Discipleship Counseling Mini-Books
As the Consulting Editor for the LifeLine Mini-Book series published by Shepherd Press, I am super-excited to introduce you to eight new titles that have just come off the press. I am confident you will find these additions to the
Continue readingWe Should Be Amazed by Grace
By nature our sinful hearts really do think it is all about us. But it’s not. It is all about God. Grace serves as a continual reminder of this reality: “Apart from me [Jesus], you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
Continue readingSolid Hope from God’s Foreknowledge
Few attributes of God bring as much comfort to us in our suffering than omniscience. Knowing that God knows everything in the past, present, and future assures us of His providential care and the wise outworking of His perfect will
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