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“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
“God did not give us local churches to become country clubs where membership means we have privileges and perks. He placed us in churches to serve, to care for others, to pray for leaders, to learn, to teach, to give,
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Here’s another recommended Resource List as you minister grace and truth. There are many more list links in the right-hand margin of this homepage. BOOKS & MINI-BOOKS Coming Clean: Overcoming Lust through Biblical Accountability [free E-book] (Luke Gilkerson, Covenant Eyes)
Continue readingO Lord, I bless thee that the issue of the battle between thyself and Satan has never been uncertain, and will end in victory. Calvary broke the dragon’s head, and I contend with a vanquished foe, who with all his
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“I should have been as though I had not been, carried from womb to tomb” are the words of the suffering Job as he voiced his complaints to God (Job 10:19). Having lost every earthly belonging, and all ten of
Continue reading[Today’s guest post is written by Jonathan Holmes, counseling pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio.] Recently, Christianity Today linked to an article by Dan Blazer, which was originally part of a larger issue (March 2009- The Depression Epidemic). Four
Continue readingFor months now, I have been occasionally blogging through Encouragement for Today’s Pastors: Help from the Puritans. In one of the closing chapters, Joel Beeke and Terry Slachter remind their fellow pastors of the reward of grace. “The hope of
Continue readingLast 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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Journey to Biblical Counseling is a feature of this blog that began last December. Journey to BC consists of interviews with various pastors, teachers, trainers, authors, and leaders in the biblical counseling movement. What led them to biblical counseling? What
Continue readingIn one of last week’s posts, Keeping Body, Soul, and Life’s Troubles Together in Balance, I offered you a few Scripture passages to study in order to ponder the affects that the body, mind, and soul have upon each other.
Continue readingBenjamin B. Warfield (1851–1921) was professor of theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. Some consider him to be the last of the great Princeton theologians before the split in 1929 that formed Westminster Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. His essay, The Emotional Life of
Continue readingOne of the highlights of Desiring God’s recent conference, God’s Good Design in Disability, was the 10-minute testimony of Krista Horning. From her life’s painful and shameful experiences with multiple disabilities flows a beauty and grace that can only be
Continue readingThough the following paragraph is written to pastors, its faith-building truths can be applied by all believers. We as pastors have been given a heavenly work to do. If we could see the palace of our King, the glorious temple
Continue readingA pastor needs a pastor. A counselor needs a counselor. Perhaps that comes as a surprise to you, but it should not. As a son of Adam, I am cut out of the same bolt of fallen cloth that you
Continue readingThe doctrine of the believer’s adoption into God’s family is rich with assurance of the continuing love and commitment of the Heavenly Father. We may define adoption this way: Adoption is the gracious act of God by which He places
Continue readingAs believers in Jesus Christ it is easy to lose our bearings when we forget who we are. This is every Christian’s identity crisis. The answer is for us to recognize the false identities that have robbed us of our
Continue readingDear readers, Beginning this afternoon, I am taking a 7-day vacation from blogging any new material. Below, you can find a guide to meditating on Psalm 46. Your prayers for rest and rejuvenation are greatly appreciated as I intentionally take
Continue reading“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10, ESV). “Cease striving and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10, NAS). The marginal notes in the New American Standard Bible says “Cease striving” means “let it go, relax.” How
Continue readingIf being a biblical counselor means coming alongside fellow Christian soldiers to exhort, encourage, strengthen, and admonish according to the Word of God then the Puritan Thomas Brooks was surely an excellent one. In my reading of the first portion
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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.
