The Church Needs You As Much As You Need It
Posted on 1/27/2012 by Chandler Fozard
What, according to Scripture, may we reasonably expect from the Church? What do you do when you feel the church has failed you? When is it right to leave? People who came to faith or rededicated their lives while they were incarcerated are often forced to learn the Bible in isolation from any clear, consistent teaching.
Developing a Family Discipline of Memorizing Scripture
Posted on 1/25/2012 by Brad Hambrick
Most Christian parents want their children to grow up knowing and memorizing Scripture. We believe it is a good thing. We just tend not to do it. It falls on the “good intentions” list. This post cannot give you the will to follow through on good intentions. Hopefully, what it will do is give you a clear enough plan to motivate you to begin and thorough enough to keep you going.
Psalm 27: Productive Delay
Posted on 1/23/2012 by Paul Tripp
"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."
For years I just didn't get the biblical concept of waiting. Waiting seemed a meaningless drag, forced onto us by the fact that Someone else is in charge of the narrative that is our lives. We hope, we dream and we wait. We cry, we plead and we wait. We run, we work and we wait. We minister, we serve and we wait. We think, we study and we wait. Sometimes we wait, we wait and we wait.
The Law and Church Counseling: Part Three—Scope of Care
Posted on 1/16/2012 by Bob Kellemen
Note: You’re reading Part Three in a blog mini-series on The Law and Church Counseling. Read Part One Caring Carefully (embed link) and Part Two The Legal History and Climate (embed link). I’m summarizing these posts from material in chapter twelve of Equipping Counselors for Your Church. To learn more about the book, visit Equipping Counselors (embed link http://bit.ly/EC4YC4E).
The Dark Night of Fear The Gospel’s Faithful Light
Posted on 1/13/2012 by Margaret Ashmore
“God incarnate is the end of fear, and the heart that realizes the He is in the midst will be quiet in the middle of alarm.” – F.B. Meyer
I once heard a story about a man desperately hanging onto a ledge one moonless night out of fear that he would fall to his death. His terror mounted as he imagined the awful height from which he would plummet. But just when he could hold on no longer, the sun began its ascent and with the dawning light came the great realization and relief that hewas just inches from the ground. Unreliable feeling turned to solid faith. Light dispelled fear.
Emotional Abuse: Worldly Psychobabble or Biblical Reality?
Posted on 1/11/2012 by Leslie Vernick
Physical abuse is obvious. A black eye, a broken arm, a fat lip is evidence that something is dreadfully wrong in a relationship. Emotional injuries are not as easily discerned but the effects can still be deadly.
November 11, 2011, ten year old, Ashlynn Conner, hanged herself after being repeatedly
The Biblical Counseling Movement – Because of Adams
Posted on 1/4/2012 by Jay Younts
I have read with interest Heath Lambert’s recent book, The Biblical Counseling Movement after Adams. On balance, I believe there is helpful information in this book. Lambert does accurately point out some of the changes that have occurred, as new ideas and personalities have emerged in the last two decades of biblical counseling. I would caution readers, however, regarding the emphasis of the book.
Psalm 27 and Everyday Life
Posted on 1/2/2012 by Paul Tripp
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evil men advance against me
to devour my flesh,
when my enemies and my foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then will I be confident.
Fools Rush In
Posted on 12/27/2011 by Chandler Fozard
This may be one of the hardest blogs I’ve ever posted. I don’t know what 2012 holds. Who but God does? I didn’t know what 2011 would hold. But that didn’t stop me from living as if I did. The expression “fools rush in” is perhaps best known in the context of two people who think they’re in love and are moving the relationship too fast. But I think the phrase is a fair description of my life. And I know I am not alone. I think it’s a fair description of how many men in prison end up there in the first place. They rush in to get what they want. They hurt somebody, steel something, and now they’re in prison.
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