Sledding Uphill

Sledding Uphill

The church in America is in dire need of biblical counseling. Two specters haunt her halls. Two philosophies have taken root—and very few, it appears, are aware. Like a good friend once told me, “If you want to know what it’s like to swim in water, do not ask a...
Live Above Circumstance

Live Above Circumstance

    What is most evangelistic…great Sunday morning “worship” services, or great any-day living in hard circumstances?  If you really wanted your neighbors, friends, and family to seriously consider the claims of Christ would you invite them...
Can Your Body “Make” You Sin?

Can Your Body “Make” You Sin?

Are you a victim of biology (nature)? How about environment (nurture)…are you at the mercy of circumstance and/or others? Ever since Eden we have sought to locate responsibility of our actions outside of our soul.  “She made me do it.”  “The...
The Worship War of Stick Figures

The Worship War of Stick Figures

Humanity’s Rebellion Against God and With Each Other… AND the Comcomitant Battle with the Conscience Stick Figure: “Argh, I refuse to worship God. He must be about me. Though I do not know I am doing this, I certainly am. I have treasured (made friends...
What is Biblical Counseling?

What is Biblical Counseling?

  1. Biblical Counseling is restorative…after problems have been encountered and wrongly handled, people seek help.  They do not understand the why (they do not know the real  enemy or God’s agenda) of the problems or how to please God in them. 2....