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“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
The Bible calls Jesus our “Advocate with the Father” (1 Jn 2:1). An advocate is one who pleads for another, a defender, an intercessor. When the apostle John attributed this role to Jesus, it was in the context of defining
Continue readingWhen the Bible refers to someone as being accursed, it means he will be damned forever with no hope of redemption. It is from anathema, which means “the disfavor of Jehovah,” and was used of “the sentence pronounced” or “the
Continue reading“The Bible uses one single, uncomplicated word to tell you how to respond when the enemy attacks: resist. When you do, the promised result is astonishing: the devil will flee from you. He will flee!” That confident—and biblical—paragraph is from
Continue readingThis week, I’ve been reading Good News About Satan by Bob Bevington, a marvelous little book on spiritual warfare that is really helpful and based solely on Scripture. In Chapter Two, “Recognize their Weapons,” the author elaborates on three major
Continue readingFirst Corinthians 9:25-27 calls us to a life of self-discipline: “Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way,
Continue readingThere’s a little guy somewhere waiting to appear curled up inside his mother’s protective atmosphere. He’s the one they didn’t plan on. He’s an extra mouth to feed, a little inconvenience neither of them need. He’s doctor bills and formula.
Continue readingTomorrow is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Here are some ways we as believers in Christ may pro-actively combat our culture’s cheap and convenient view of human life and its anti-children, free-sex mindset. Educate yourself on the facts concerning abortion
Continue readingA critical part of the sanctification process is putting off the old self and putting on the new, “which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth” (Eph. 4:24). However, this transformation requires
Continue readingOne thing I enjoy doing as part of this blog is to promote biblical discipleship training and equipping opportunities. Sometimes these are events that I am speaking at, but most times not. I feel I have been so blessed by
Continue readingIf God chose to answer one of your prayers, today, which one would it be? What have you been begging Him to do for a long, long time? Years? Decades? What is it that occupies your prayers? What is it
Continue reading“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil,” says the Preacher (Ecclesiastes 5:1).
Continue readingAs another year comes to a close, please accept my thanks for being a regular (or new) reader of this blog. This year, there were over 230,000 visits to Counseling One Another. In 2016, by God’s grace, my goal is
Continue readingPsalm 46 exhorts us to “Be still and know that He is God,” but we often mistakenly equate being still with being passive. However, the opposite is true and necessary. Being still is much like waiting on the Lord; it’s
Continue readingThe famous Christmas carol What Child Is This? was written around 1865 by the Englishman William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898). What child is this, who, laid to rest, on Mary’s lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, while shepherd’s
Continue readingIn our Lord’s Day services this month, we’ve been studying the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55), the song Mary sang when she visited her cousin Elizabeth and the unborn John leaped for joy in the presence of the unborn Messiah. This past
Continue readingThis morning, a brother in the Lord told me about this story. It is a powerful illustration of how sin will consume us if we are not vigilant to war against every form of it in our own lives. Radio
Continue readingUrban Legends of the New Testament is a new book that I’ve been enjoying. Written by David Croteau, and published by B&H Publishing, the book surveys 40 of the most commonly misinterpreted passages in the New Testament. Here’s a brief
Continue readingI’m humbled and grateful to God that Comfort the Grieving was selected as one of the Top 15 Biblical Counseling books published this year. Zondervan has done a wonderful job on this revised and updated edition of the original. I’m
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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.
