Comfort for Oppressed Souls
“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
Continue reading“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
Journey to Biblical Counseling: An Interview with Howard Eyrich
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 readingChronic Suffering and Christian Hope
This 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 readingJesus Stands Between Us and the Father
Though 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 reading9 Surprises of Biblical Counseling
Last 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 readingSlaying the Idol of Greed
First 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 readingCounseled by William Ames
Since 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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Journey to Biblical Counseling: An Interview with David Powlison (Part 2)
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 readingComing Tomorrow: Interview with David Powlison
Early 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
Continue readingWhen God Hides His Smiling Face
When your faith is paper-thin and you wonder how it is that God could possibly be doing good in the midst of your present storm, consider the humbling truth set forth by William Cowper in his famous hymn God Moves
Continue reading6 Considerations of the Evil of Sin
Matthew Henry’s A Way to Pray again has a wonderful section instructing us how to pray biblically-informed prayers, specifically, how to plead with the Holy Spirit to convict us of sin’s cancerous nature, and the constant havoc it works in
Continue readingNuggets [1/4/13]
Take time to glean biblically-informed wisdom from the following helpful articles: The Christian Introvert – Tim Challies, through personal testimony to which I totally relate, provides one of the best, balanced, and concise explanations of why the term “introvert” can
Continue readingAnchor Yourself to the Immovable Rock
“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love
Continue readingWhen in the Grip of Panic
Pray to God, and speak to your own soul, like this… Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me. My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For
Continue reading“Brass Heavens” Releases Today
For several months you have been reading bits and pieces of my new book, Brass Heavens: Reasons for Unanswered Prayer. Today it is officially released by Cruciform Press. Here is what some gracious ministry friends have said about Brass Heavens.
Continue readingTop 10 Resource Lists
Since everyone else is posting “Top” lists I thought I’d add mine to the mix. Here are the top clicked-on resources posted this year. If you received Amazon gift cards this year you should consider building your counseling one another
Continue reading23 Reasons to Rejoice (Philippians)
The book of Philippians has been my food for the past month, or so, in response to the encouragement of a faithful brother of mine. Having struggled my whole life with negative thought patterns, which come so easily—without any conscious
Continue readingBorn to Give Us Second Birth
I will never forget the first time I sang Hark! the Herald Angels Sing as a genuine believer in Jesus Christ. It was Christmas 1984. I had been saved about seven months. For the first time, I understood the words
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