He Saved Us
One of the hymns that has been a personal favorite of mine, since the Lord saved me in the early part of 1984, is And Can It Be? One reason why so many believers love this Charles Wesley song is
Continue reading“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
3 Self-Study Projects for the Depressed [Pt 3 of 3]
Today, Dr. Bob Somerville provides us with the final post in this 3-part series on depression. In Part 1, he drew out of Elijah’s experience some of the common causes of depression. In Part 2, he showed how God ministered
Continue readingGod, in Elijah’s Depression [Pt. 2 of 3]
In yesterday’s post, Dr. Bob Somerville began using the example of Elijah to draw principles for us to consider when counseling one another through depression. The emphasis, yesterday, was the factors that contributed to Elijah’s depressed state. In today’s post,
Continue readingSome Factors in Elijah’s Depression [Pt. 1 of 3]
Depression is a malady of the human experience—one of a multitude of ways fallen creatures wrestle through living in a fallen world. Today, tomorrow, and Wednesday our blog posts are gleaned from my friend Dr. Bob Somerville of the Master’s
Continue readingPray for the Spread of the Saving Gospel
Tonight, as you prepare your heart for Lord’s Day worship tomorrow, remember to pray for all those faithful men who preach the gospel week in and week out. Here’s a suggested way to pray from Matthew Henry. Let the gospel
Continue readingSwitchbacks
Earlier this week, the Holy Spirit used the book of Ruth to minister deeply to my soul. To see afresh the sovereignty of God revealed in such a subtle, beautiful way it rightly accentuated my smallness and God’s bigness. Is
Continue readingFire – A Poem about God
[I was blessed by the following poem originally posted by Matthias Media. Thanks, Tim Challies, for drawing my attention to it.] We made a fire today: piled branches in a top-heavy heap and watched as flames licked and spat and
Continue readingThe Value of Church-Based Discipleship
In her new book, Building a Church Counseling Ministry, biblical counselor and trainer Sue Nicewander gives 6 reasons intentional church-based discipleship is God’s intentional plan for reproducing obedient disciples of Christ. She writes, “Although we will use the terms ‘discipler,’
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Ongoing Remedies for Spiritual Depression
The past two days were happily spent with David Murray and his film crew as they work to produce a DVD teaching series for small groups on the subject of how Christians can deal with depression. During the interview in
Continue readingFurnace, Hammer, and File
Yesterday, one of my associate pastors encouraged me to read a chapter in A Portrait of Paul, in which the authors expound on how the apostle Paul maintained a Godward focus and joy in the midst of his suffering. The
Continue readingI Am Loved
Continuing my meditations in the book of 1 John, the Holy Spirit has focused the eyes of my heart on another important truth about my position in Christ. According to the Word of God, I am loved by my heavenly
Continue readingThe Diverse, Unified, and Powerful Word
The congregation of College Park Church in Indianapolis were the gracious hosts of this year’s NANC annual conference. Monday evening, Mark Vroegop, pastor of College Park, opened up the conference with a wonderful exposition of Psalm 19:7-11. He demonstrated the completeness of
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Six Categories in Proverbs
The book of Proverbs contains abundant wisdom from God, primarily through King Solomon’s instruction to his son. The other authors include Agur (Ch. 30) and King Lemuel (Ch. 31). Yesterday, in one of the plenary sessions at the ACBC annual
Continue readingBuilding a Church Counseling Ministry
It is exciting to make you aware of a brand new resource that has just been publicly released here at the NANC annual conference in Indianapolis. My friend and sister in Christ, Sue Nicewander, has authored a unique and very
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Our Working Definition of Counseling
The definition that we work to develop here at Counseling One Another is as follows: Biblical counseling is an intensely focused and personal aspect of the discipleship process, whereby believers come alongside one another for three main purposes: first, to
Continue readingI Then Shall Live
Yesterday, in our evening service, our songleader selected the following hymn for congregational singing. Though it’s been around for over 30 years, it is new to me. Though it’s not a theologically-rich song that takes our thoughts to the heights
Continue readingA Confession of Fruitless Contemplations
Matthew Henry gives us the following counsel and then follows it with a way to pray: “Ask God’s forgiveness for your absorption with things that deserve little or no consideration, and your failure to concentrate on subjects that nourish the
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RESOURCES: Domestic Abuse
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. MINI-BOOKS Abuse: Finding Hope in Christ (John Henderson) Bad Memories: Getting Past Your Past (Robert Jones)
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