Neale Davis

The Holiday Blues

It’s inevitable for most people.  We break out of the routine and spend lots of time doing little more than anticipating and preparing for the biggest holiday in our culture.  Some of us get energized (and rightfully so.  It does celebrate the birth of Jesus and a...

The Awe of God

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Caregivers of God's People   “What things does the awe of God produce in the heart of a pastor that are vital for an effective, God-honoring, and productive ministry?” page 121 When...

Doing versus Being

“The Spirit of the Father and the Son would never be interested in merely empowering us to “do good.” His desire (which is the desire of the Father and the Son) is to bring us to such a hearty enjoyment of God through Christ that we delight to know him, that we...

A Satisfied Heart

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People     “Every day there is a war fought for control of your heart. But your jealous Savior, with the zeal of gorgeous redemptive love, will not share your...

The Impact of Misdirected Identity

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People   "Ministry had become my identity.  No I didn't think of myself as a child of God, in daily need of grace, in the middle of my own sanctification, still in...

The Heart of the Sober Minded

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People     “Monasteries were a failure because they neglected one very significant biblical truth: the biggest danger to every human being, even those in...

The Captain of Your Soul

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People     “Today you will run somewhere for refuge. Today there is hope and help to be found. May God be your refuge, and as you run to him, may you remember...