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“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
Yesterday, in our evening service, a ministry team from Northland International University led our congregational singing and introduced us to a new hymn. I Run to Christ, written by Chris Anderson, is a treasure! 1. I run to Christ when
Continue readingThis morning, my heart was drawn into John 10…again. How often the Spirit brings comfort and assurance to my sometimes-frail faith through meditating on the love of Jesus Christ for sinners like me. He is not only my Lord and
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Welcome to the fourth 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
Continue readingIn the biblical counseling arena we hear and talk a lot about the importance of accountability, especially in the battle for a pure mind. Therefore, I asked Dave Coats, author of the new discipleship workbook Building a Pure Life, to
Continue readingThe Word of God calls us to the ongoing discipline of putting off the old self and putting on the new self, “who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him” (Colossians
Continue readingBy purist definition, “no one is good except God alone” (Luke 18:19). As creatures made in His image all mankind is the recipient of His goodness (Mark 5:45). However, it is only believers in Jesus Christ who fully experience It.
Continue readingMan was created to be the glory of God. He was made in the image of God. And he was made for the purpose of imaging God, to accurately represent His beauty and majesty. But sin entered our world and that
Continue readingYesterday, I posted the first part of this interview with pastor, author, and counselor Dave Coats. Dave’s new book, Building a Pure Life, is a unique contribution to the biblical counseling resource arsenal. Paul: I see that you have included
Continue readingToday, and tomorrow, it is a joy for me to interview my friend and fellow pastor and biblical counselor Dave Coats on the subject of personal purity. Day One Publications has just released Dave’s new book, Building a Pure Life,
Continue reading“As the deer pants for the water so my soul longs after you. You alone are my heart’s desire and I long to worship you.” This song is commonly sung without realizing that it is based on a Psalm describing
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What is your current involvement in Biblical Counseling? My involvement can be summarized in four categories. Teaching—there are three venues for teaching. I direct and teach in a DMin program at Birmingham Theological Seminary. I teach/train approximately a 20 member
Continue readingThis past November, at Desiring God’s The Works of God: God’s Good Design in Disability conference, Dr. Mark Talbot taught on the subject of God’s sovereignty in our suffering. Mark is associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College, where he
Continue readingThough Jesus has ascended back to the Father, his ministry to us continues. The door to God that the Son opened for us, through his death, he now keeps open in his role as our High Priest. “Therefore, brothers, since
Continue readingLast month, while attending the annual leadership retreat of the Biblical Counseling Coalition, I posted a summary of a brief challenge from the Word of God given by David Powlison of CCEF. In some recent communication with David he has
Continue readingFirst Corinthians 6:9-10 warns against a number of sins that should not characterize the lives of Christians, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters,
Continue readingSince someone gifted me a copy of the newly released A Puritan Theology, by Joel Beeke and Mark Jones, my goal is to read 1.5 chapters a week so that I can complete all 60 chapters by the end of
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In yesterday’s post, we introduced you to Dr. David Powlison of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, a key leader in the present day, church-based counseling movement. Here’s the continuation of David’s 35-year journey in the world of biblical counseling.
Continue readingEarly December, while at the Biblical Counseling Coalition leadership retreat in Atlanta, GA, I had the unique privilege to interview David Powlison, a long-time leader in the biblical counseling movement. Dr. Powlison has mentored me for almost two decades through
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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.
