by sdbarnard | May 13, 2016 | Devotional |
In my previous post I shared some quotes from and thoughts on Thomas Watson’s The Doctrine of Repentance. In that post, I considered the first three of Watson’s six special ingredients of true repentance: sight of sin sorrow for sin confession of sin. In this post, I...
by sdbarnard | Feb 12, 2016 | Devotional |
Blog Training the saints to certification in biblical counseling By Shawna Barnard I’ve been told that you begin to read the Bible differently when you start counseling. I started the supervision phase of becoming an ACBC certified counselor about four weeks...
by sdbarnard | Jan 29, 2016 | Devotional |
“Love for and delight in God’s Word always marks the truly saved.” – John MacArthur Does a love for and a delight in God’s Word describe your view of Scripture? John 8:31-32 – So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are...
by sdbarnard | Jan 22, 2016 | Devotional, Featured |
Beloved, Regrettably, we often present the gospel incompletely. Those in biblical counseling see the bad fruit produced from a bad root. “What is the principle culprit you ask?”–the spirit of revivalism would be my answer. Revivalism...
by sdbarnard | Jan 15, 2016 | Devotional, General |
By Dale Porter Like me, you probably know some people who are angry people. They may say something like this to justify their words and actions: “I am a Cooper. We Coopers are stubborn people. We just get a little angry every once in a while.” I am not here to jump...
by sdbarnard | Jan 8, 2016 | Devotional, General |
By Dave Zuleger (desiringgod.org) Do you believe that God can author pain or suffering in your life for your good? Could affliction, from a larger, longer perspective, be a carefully, lovingly chosen method for blessing? Some say absolutely not. If our heavenly...