The List, Part Two In January of each new year, I craft my list of the most important biblical counseling books published the previous year. They may be books about biblical counseling, or by biblical counselors, or they may be books that serve as important resources for biblical counselors.
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NOTE: Guest authors from our TEAM in Zambia Africa. Kaci Pastore, Jordan Schartz and Tiesha Henderson I don't want to be a big part of a small thing. I want to be a small part of a big thing. -Isaac I've never been to a third world country. The idols of comfort and control have already been dramatically exposed, and T.I.A. (This is Africa) has quickly become a dominating phrase in our vocabulary. How can you explain a place like Africa and what exactly it does to your heart?
This is one blog in a series where I will be reflecting on the subject of mental illness. My purpose in raising this series of questions is not to lead the reader to the same conclusions I have, but to facilitate better conversations and reflections on this subject within the church. When engaging a difficult and highly personal subject, it is better to start with good questions than a list of answers. The better our questions are, the more responsibly we will utilize the answers of which we are confidant, the more humbly we will approach areas of uncertainty, and the more we will honor one another in the process of learning.
One of the most common misconceptions regarding those in prison is that their greatest problem is a lack of self-esteem and/or a low self-image. Nothing could be further from the truth! Their greatest problem is that they have been esteeming what they want above everything and everyone else. Paul wrote that no one should think more highly of themselves
We're in the middle of looking at three mentalities that are essential to creating and sustaining a healthy relational lifestyle. Last week we discussed what it meant to live in our relationships withA Harvest Mentality. Here's the second mentality: 2) YOU MUST LIVE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH AN INVESTMENT MENTALITY: We're all treasure hunters. We all live to gain, maintain, keep, and enjoy things that are valuable to us. Our behavior in any given situation of life is our attempt to get what is valuable to us out of that situation. There are things in your life to which you have assigned importance, and once you have, you are no longer willing to live without them (these principles are laid out in Matthew 6:19–33).
2nd Corinthians 1:8-10 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. BUT that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on
What would be your initial response if you saw a young woman walk up to a man at the bar and within minutes invite him to her room? What would you think if you saw on the news that your neighbor was arrested for a hit and run accident? What would you think if your girlfriend who you invited for dinner picked at the food and never really touched it? What would you think if your son got suspended from school for fighting?
<p> This question is often asked: "May a church biblical counseling ministry use the terms "counseling" and "counselor" if its biblical counselors are not licensed professional counselors?" Licensed Professional Counselor laws vary from state to state; however, the general answer to that question is "yes."<br />
Strangers devour his strength, yet he does not know it; Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, yet he does not know it. (Hosea 7:9) Sin renders our hearts more calloused. Pride blinds. Idolatry, among many things, keeps us hard of hearing and dull to the perils, pains, and consequences of our woeful estate. Self-absorption, quite ironically, produces in us a heightened sensitivity to everyone else’s evil, but far less sensitivity to our own.
Listening carefully to people’s words is biblical, not secular. Listen to what God’s Word teaches about listening to human words: Words Are Powerful Words Are Meaningful Words Convey Soul Messages Words Are Worthy of Soulful Attentiveness Words Reflect One of Two Life Interpretations