Suicide In the Church
Our hearts go out to Rick and Kay Warren as they now walk through the valley of the shadow of death in a way that is unimaginable for any parent who has not been there. Our prayers go up to
Continue reading“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
An Appetite for the Word
As a follow-up to the last post, 7 Directives for Meditating on Scripture, let’s think more about meditating on the Word. Compare your appetite for physical food to your hunger for the Word of God. Do you treasure Scripture more
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The past few days, I’ve been feeding my soul from Encouragement for Today’s Pastors: Help from the Puritans, by Joel Beeke and Terry Slachter. These short essays are given as a gift to those who need soul refreshment. After quoting
Continue readingNUGGETS – Singleness & Relationships [4/5/13]
Here are more nuggets of gold, which provide sound counsel and challenge our thinking on singleness and relationships. If He’s Not My Picture-Perfect Guy, Should We Still Marry? – Here are wise words from Scott Croft to a young woman
Continue readingForget None of His Benefits
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Deliberately remember these truths from Psalm 103. He pardons all your iniquities. He heals all your diseases (if not immediately, He will when He returns). He redeems your life—not only your soul—from the pit
Continue reading“Treasure Tuesday” Giveaway [4/2/13]
Last week, we began a new feature here at Counseling One Another, a book/resource giveaway that we will now call “Treasure Tuesday.” The goal is—at least once a month—to give away a free resource that will encourage your personal growth
Continue reading8 Steps to Bringing Pastors Out of Isolation
It is true that loneliness is one of the costs of leadership. That has always been true. However, in addition to their own personal struggle with pride and indwelling sin, there is something in the way pastoral ministry functions in
Continue reading“Even Death on a Cross”
At the climax of the apostle Paul’s description of the humility of Christ, which led to His voluntary submission to the cross as the will of God, is the phrase “even death on a cross.” The humility of Jesus resulted
Continue readingLove Poured Out
The Cross of Christ humbles our proud hearts and produces joyful sobriety as we ponder it as the ultimate demonstration of God’s love for helpless, ungodly sinners like you and me. One of the simplest, yet most profound Scripture passages
Continue readingNUGGETS – Christ-Centered Ministry to Victims of Abuse [3/27/13]
The crucifixion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ reminds us that He is the ultimate refuge for those who have experienced, or are experiencing, any form of abuse. Here are some links to resources and ministries that provide Christ-centered
Continue readingDear Abused, Remember Jesus…
Dear Abused, In your times of deepest hurt and greatest need, remember Jesus. He understands abuse like no other. He is your soul’s refuge. Remember… Jesus was verbally abused. At that time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on
Continue readingFree Book/Resource [3/25/13]
Today begins a new feature here at Counseling One Another—a monthly giveaway of a recommended resource for discipleship counseling and personal growth. In recognition of Passion Week, Crossway has graciously provided 5 copies of Counsel from the Cross by Elyse
Continue readingSon of Adam, Son of God
Yesterday morning, in our worship service, we learned from Luke’s genealogy of Jesus Christ and ended by focusing on the final two designations: son of Adam, son of God. Why is it significant that Luke ends his genealogy this way?
Continue readingTwo More Counter-Productive Responses
In yesterday’s post, we considered two unhelpful ways we may respond/react to God’s faith-training program, i.e. His custom-designed plan to discipline His children into faithful and obedient disciples of Christ who resemble our Savior. Those two counter-productive responses were: Growing
Continue readingCounter-Productive Responses to God’s Faith-Training Program
If you are a regular reader of this blog then you know that much of my writing is very personal, often times the passing on of lessons the Lord is teaching me that I have recorded in my devotion-time journal.
Continue readingThe Foundation of Reality
Browsing through my quotation file this morning, I stumbled upon this gem from David Wells’ classic work, No Place for Truth: Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology? Wells calls the holiness of Godthe foundation of reality. His point is well-taken by
Continue reading33 Eyes of Faith
Meditating on Hebrews 11 has been a rich and enriching experience the past couple weeks. One of the themes that rings repeatedly in our ears is the fact that biblical faith is fueled by the forward look. That is, inherent
Continue readingUpon a Life I Did Not Live
Meditating on the gospel means that I must consciously fix my mind on truths revolving around the love of God for me in Jesus Christ. This includes anything ranging election in eternity past to glorification in eternity future. But central
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