by sdbarnard | Mar 18, 2022 | Featured |
How writing the exam can make all the difference By Doug Franchville, ACBC Certified Counselor A friend volunteered to lead a small group at his church which required filling out a questionnaire on what he believed to ensure that he would lead in a consistent manner...
by sdbarnard | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured |
Why take the ACBC Exam Prep course? This question is a good one to consider for anyone who has completed Semester One and Semester Two. You have completed the class work. You have read the books and written the reviews. You have completed the observations and secured...
by sdbarnard | Feb 4, 2022 | Featured |
Who is the blessed one? (Matthew 5:3) Most of you are probably familiar with the Sermon on the Mount. In this blog I would like to consider the first beatitude but before I get to it let me encourage you to consider how the beatitudes are arranged. They are not...
by sdbarnard | Jan 14, 2022 | Featured |
The rich and the poor (James 1:9-11) In James’ letter to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, he instructs them how to view trials of various kinds. They are to count it all joy because the trials are not without purpose. The testing of one’s faith produces...
by sdbarnard | Jan 7, 2022 | Devotional |
Preparation for Persecution The Evangelical Church in America has grown soft. It is the “good” things that spoil the soul (see Deuteronomy 6 and Luke 14). Good things received without thanksgiving, good things that cloud one’s vision of the...
