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“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
This old Puritan prayer ministered to my heart today as well as to my congregation. It was very fitting. This morning, I preached from 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 as part of a sermon series Disability and the Glory of God. In
Continue reading“Often I will illustrate the difference between a need and desire this way: ‘If you held me underwater in a swimming pool, I would fight you to the end because I need air. A need is something you cannot live
Continue readingThe future return of Christ is clearly a biblical motivation toward godliness. The Apostle Peter includes the hope of Christ’s return as an essential part of the believer’s mindset, which must be disciplined in order to be sanctified. We are
Continue readingYour young adult son needs to listen to Sex & the Single Man, by Mark Dever from the 2004 Desiring God Conference. Listen to the download first—yourself—in order to decide which of your sons are mature enough for its teaching.
Continue readingNuggets for Counselors contains some posts that I think will encourage your personal growth, cultivate biblical thinking and discernment, and strengthen one-another ministry. 10 Pillars of Gambling – John MacArthur finishes up a 3-part series on the perils of covetousness. Is
Continue reading“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 readingGod is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. – Psalm 46:1 When circumstances are beyond our control and seem to be working against us, we must hold on to the truth that God loves us and
Continue readingJim Berg has given us a very helpful book on biblical discipleship entitled Changed Into His Image. If you are looking for a basic, solid introduction to the doctrine of sanctification, I recommend this book. Here are a just a few
Continue readingEmotions are God-given responses in the inner man that are activated by one’s desires and thoughts and are often reactions to the words and actions of others, including God. They are complex reactions with both mental and physical manifestations. They
Continue readingWhen we hear the word “slave,” we think of someone who is helpless under the power of a dominating force or influence. If you are a slave to food, your time and thoughts are devoted to eating it. It seems
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As parents, fathers in particular, we need to heed God’s Word from Ephesians 6:4. Of course, this is not to say that all of our children’s anger is caused by us; each of our children is personally responsible for his
Continue readingOne of the very encouraging characteristics of the biblical counseling movement is the growing number of women counselors and authors who are contributing so much solid material to build up the body of Christ. Below is just a sampling 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 readingNuggets for Counselors will be a feature of this blog where, from time to time (not sure how regular right now), I will aim you toward recent posts that I believe will encourage your personal growth, cultivate biblical thinking and
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I’ve been thinking about love and texting for the past week or so because of a brief conversation I had with one of the elders at our church. So let me “think out loud” with you for a few moments.
Continue reading“I thought the training I received in college would equip me, as a Christian, to help people with their problems. I had paid a fair amount of money to attend classes where, among other things, I would lay on the
Continue readingMY FATHER, In a world of created changeable things, Christ and his Word alone remain unshaken. O to forsake all creatures, to rest as a stone on him the foundation, to abide in him, be borne up by him! For
Continue readingIn the first, second, and third of this 4-part series we noted three reasons God gave us the book of Lamentations. First, to show us the awful reality of sin so that our hearts will long for reconciliation with God.
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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.
