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“What counseling models are ‘popular in the church’?,” asks David Powlison of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF). “It’s immediately obvious that churches provide homes to countless approaches to the problems in living – more approaches than grains of
Continue readingBad doctrine has the power to undermine faith and damage believers if we are not discerning and consequently allow man-centered, Christianized self-help theory to permeate our churches and thus redirect the eyes of believers off of Christ and onto self.
Continue readingFor though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every
Continue readingLast week, I had the privilege of taking part in two interviews on the subject of counseling one another. Both were a joy and I pass them on to you as further resources to aid your personal and small group
Continue readingFather, it amazes me that I can call you that—my Father. For I have done nothing worthy of being adopted into your family. But Father, thank you for your infinite love, grace, and mercy toward me in the Lord Jesus
Continue readingNow, let me take the basic points made in yesterday’s post and apply them to the task of parenting. When behaviorism enters a Christian context it ends up looking like moralism. So, beware the perils of moralistic parenting! Here’s my
Continue readingThere are so many hazards to parenting in today’s world. “It’s a hard world to raise a child in,” some people say. Yes, that is true. But let me remind you that it has always been that way. It was
Continue readingAuthentic biblical counseling is a matter of fulfilling our God-given command to make disciples, but what exactly is a disciple? The Great Command at the end of Matthew’s Gospel contains one main action: “make disciples” of Jesus Christ (28:18-20). A
Continue readingAuthentic biblical counseling chooses no other foundation to build its philosophy and practice upon than the Scriptures: the will of God faithfully revealed to man by the Spirit from the living Word, Jesus Christ. God’s vision of discipleship requires a
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By God’s grace, I’m a husband, dad, grandpa, and pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Hts, OH. I love Christ because He first loved me.
