Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, Woefully and Tragically Fallen, by Steve Cornell

An article giving consideration to a holistic approach to Christian counseling.  Thought-provoking read, whether you entirely agree or not.  A taste: Evangelicals have a significant stake in the decision-making nature of human beings. Terms like belief and unbelief, obedience and disobedience, are part of a biblical grammar of responsibility. Accountability and culpability are essential concepts [...]

On What It Means to Be Biblically Balanced

It is not to give equal airtime to every biblical theme, says Tullian Tchividjian, rather it is: To let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible’s radically disproportionate focus on God’s saving love for sinners seen and accomplished in the crucified and risen Christ. Go here for full article.

Fake Love, Fake War, by Russell Moore

A short but necessary read for every Christian, particularly of the male variety, living in this present generation of rampant pornography and irresponsible gaming.  We were created for much, much more — real love and real war!  Go here.

“Don’t Confuse Knowledge and Success with Maturity” by Paul Tripp

God did not act because he endorsed my manner of living, but because of his zeal for his own glory and his faithfulness to his promises of grace for his people. God has the authority and power to use whatever instruments he chooses in whatever way he chooses. Ministry success is always more a statement [...]

Should I Divorce My Spouse From An Unbiblical Remarriage?

Thoughts from Jeremy Pierre at the Gospel Coalition.  Go here.  Your thoughts?

Notes on the Book of Job (With an Eye to Biblical Counseling)

The opening paragraph to my notes (just placed in “Other Writings” tab above): “What follows are the notes that I took as I read through the book of Job.  As it was with the purpose of gaining insights for biblical counseling from the book of Job, the notes are slanted that way.  I hope that [...]

The Curriculum of the Word in the Seminary of Suffering

The eightieth verse of Psalm 119 sets the tone for the next 15 verses, “My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.”  The salvation for which he longs is intimately tied here to the hope that he sets upon the word of God.  Why does the psalmist long for salvation, but that [...]

Some Resolutions from Psalm 119

Or perhaps, as a friend would say, “repentances” (rather than resolutions).  Last night, Jenny and I began to read through Psalm 119 together with the intention of reminding ourselves of the majesty of the Scriptures inner testimony of itself.  I was particularly struck by vv. 9-16 – they remained through the night, prodding my heart [...]

The Shifting of a Moral Landscape

Albert Mohler asks “Is Same-Sex Marriage Inevitable?”

What Biblical Counseling Is Not . . .

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