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The Cross Wins
Beloved, A few months ago I listed some truths that biblical counseling has taught me. I wrote, "I have learned a lot of truths in learning, practicing, and teaching biblical counseling. Here are a few of those truths, and in coming posts from me, I will expand...
The world will hate you
The world will hate you according to the Gospel of John. This uncomfortable truth is found in John 15:18-21. 18 "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are...
The Biblical Counselor’s Message, Method, and Might
28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we maypresent everyone mature in Christ.29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.(Col. 1:28-29 ESV) As biblical counselors, we find in this...
Immanuel, God with Us
As we approach December 25, the day we set aside to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, I thought it might be beneficial (at least for myself if not anyone else) to pause and reflect upon the Incarnation. Christmas has become cluttered with many things that do not...
Are we actually commanded to boast in our afflictions?
Beloved, Are we actually commanded to boast (or exult) in our afflictions? Many would answer "no." Maybe a hearty few would say, "well...we do not boast in the trouble themselves, but in the midst of the suffering because Jesus has overcome death and these...