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Some articles to read this weekend: How I Started Down the Road to Pornography and How I Got Free – “From age 13 until 17, sexual sin took more pieces of my soul and more hours from my life.” 5
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Nuggets [4/29/16]
Who’s In Charge? – “Requiring exact, immediate, pleasant obedience is a huge blessing. This establishes the parent’s God-given authority and helps children to see the value of honoring God’s authority.” The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans – “To struggle financially
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I didn’t realize it had been so long, but it’s been over a year since I posted a Nuggets page. The decision to stop was intentional; I simply could not keep up and decided that if I could not do
Continue readingStuart Scott: 13 Foundational Realities of Change
Yesterday, during one of the plenary sessions at the ACBC conference, Dr. Stuart Scott taught on the process of change and the possibility of sexual purity (Titus 2:11-15). As he wrapped up his message, he summarized how inner change takes
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Take 20 minutes this weekend to read these 5 helpful articles: You’re Always Being Fed–It’s Sometimes Just Cotton Candy – “Cotton candy preaching works against itself. Whatever methodology a pastor works from, his goal is the same: to see people
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Treating Your Stomach for Depression – Is there possibly a connection between the digestive system and the brain? Approachability: The Passport to Real Ministry – Here’s a tool for self-counsel, especially those of us in leadership. Celibacy Is Not the
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Five Commitments to those Struggling with Same-Sex Attraction – Kevin DeYoung writes, “If I’m not mistaken, theses commitments should be in place in every church, all the time. For they are not only for those who struggle with same sex
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Lessons Learned from Unthinkable Sexual Abuse – “I recently learned that a missionary whom I have known and trusted for twenty years has, for his entire adult life, been a sexual predator.” Counseling the Hard Cases – Check out the
Continue readingRESOURCES: Same-Sex Attractions
Here’s another resource page for your one-another discipleship counseling ministry… BOOKS/BOOKLETS Coming Clean: Overcoming Lust through Biblical Accountability [free E-book] (Luke Gilkerson, Covenant Eyes) Counseling the Hard Cases [Chapter 9] (Stuart Scott and Heath Lambert, eds) Do Ask, Do Tell,
Continue readingThe End of Exodus International
Last Wednesday, the Board of Directors of Exodus International reached a decision after a year of dialogue and prayer about the organization’s place in a changing culture. Exodus International, the oldest and largest Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality
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Here’s a few things I’ve read in the past few days. Just a forewarning, the last two are pretty lengthy. Same-Sex Marriage as a Civil Right–Are Wrongs Rights? – Answers in Genesis asked Counseling One Another to recommend some resources
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Take time to glean biblically-informed wisdom from the following helpful articles: The Christian Introvert – Tim Challies, through personal testimony to which I totally relate, provides one of the best, balanced, and concise explanations of why the term “introvert” can
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The Summer Institute of the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship (IBCD) has just made available, at no cost, the audio downloads of their training sessions. Wow! Here is a treasure chest waiting to be clicked open: Loving Our Enemies by Grace
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Sexual Design Lectures & Gay Protestors – Justin Taylor directs us to a couple videos covering how Doug Wilson’s recent teaching at Indiana University was received. A Review of ‘The Excellent Wife‘ – “This book is an excellent resource for
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“In order for churches to accept those who practice homosexual behavior,” writes counseling pastor Ben Marshall, “pastors began to reinterpret those Bible passages related to homosexuality: Genesis 19:1–11, Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1:18–32, 1 Corinthians 6:9–10, and 1 Timothy 1:10. These
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Surely one of the most hope-filled verses in the New Testament is 1 Corinthians 6:11, “Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Clarifying Sanctification: David Murray is in the middle of a helpful 3-part review of Tullian Tchividjian’s latest book. He reminds us to be clear about the differences between the doctrines of justification and sanctification. What Should You Do if a
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Here’s 5 more articles worth reading… What Is a Gay Christian? – Denny Burk writes, “It’s unseemly to create labels that define Christians by sins that they are supposed to repent of. We can be honest about our sin without
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