The Cross Wins

The Cross Wins

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...
Searching in Service to Others

Searching in Service to Others

10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully,   11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent...
We Celebrate the Death of Jesus

We Celebrate the Death of Jesus

Beloved, Today we celebrate the death of Jesus. Did you catch that odd juxtaposition of words? We celebrate…the death… One of my daughters asked me, “Daddy, why do we call Good Friday ‘good’? Isn’t it the day Jesus died?” What...
God Taking You through the Storms of Life

God Taking You through the Storms of Life

By Dale Porter One of the questions I ask often in counseling is this: “What’s the reason God has brought this crisis into your life?” I do this to see if Christ followers put God into the picture of their hardships. If that person does not know how to answer the...
Wedding Portrait

Wedding Portrait

  What comes to mind when you think of marriage?  Is it “and they lived happily ever after?”  Do you picture a perfect mate? Is it “wuv twu wuv?” Perhaps you view it as an unnecessary institution that restricts your freedom. I don’t know what comes to your mind...