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“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
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 readingIf 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 readingBrowsing 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 readingMeditating 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 readingMeditating 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
Continue readingAs I meditated this morning on Hebrews 11:23-29, the portion dealing with Moses, I was struck by the reoccurring theme of “not fear, but faith.” Verse 23 says, “By faith Moses,” but clearly refers not to the faith of Moses,
Continue readingHere are three resources to help you, or someone you are counseling, win the war against lust. F.L.E.E. – A Strategy for Sexual Purity – “It is good news that we are not condemned in Christ, and it is good news
Continue readingA phrase in Hebrews 11:19 struck me this morning: “He [Abraham] considered that God is able.” Able to do what? Able “to raise men even from the dead.” When God commanded Abraham to take Isaac to one of the mountains
Continue readingFor the past week or so I have been spending time in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews. I’ve been asking myself “What is true of God, which led men and women of God to walk by radically obedient faith?” Here
Continue readingThe Lord has been gracious to provide encouraging reviews of my book Brass Heavens: Reasons for Unanswered Prayer. Paul Miller says, at The Gospel Coalition, “Brass Heavens is solid meat and potatoes for the Christian. The book is a slow
Continue readingWhile at the Shepherds’ Conference last week, I became aware of a new biblical counseling resource, Men Counseling Men . Edited by John Street, chair of the MABC program at The Master’s College. The book’s subtitle is “A Biblical Guide
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Welcome to the fifth installment of Counseling One Another’s feature Journey to Biblical Counseling. Here, I interview various pastors, teachers, trainers, authors, and leaders in the biblical counseling movement. What led them to biblical counseling? What were some of the influences the
Continue readingJesus models faithful leadership when, as the Good Shepherd, He calls believers by name and safely leads us to pasture (John 10:3–11). Applying this to the local church, it is right to conclude that a good pastor leads his flock
Continue readingToday begins the annual Shepherds’ Conference at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. As always, we are looking forward to a rich three days of biblical preaching from keynotes John MacArthur, Steve Lawson, Al Mohler, Phil Johnson, and Tom
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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 Debt-Free Living (Larry Burkett) Free and Clear (Howard Dayton) HELP! I’m Drowning in Debt (John
Continue readingContinuing yesterday’s post on the privileges of adoption in Christ let’s think for a moment about the fellowship with Christ that we experience as adopted children of God and siblings of Jesus (what John Owen called ‘communion with the Son’).
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The 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 readingLast night’s sizeable snowfall brings back memories of growing up in Wisconsin. As a boy, my brothers, neighborhood friends, and I literally spent hours a day outside having snowball fights, playing ‘King of the Hill,’ and building snow forts with
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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.
