Ministry

The Blinding Ability of Sin

  Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People   “The blinding ability of sin is so powerful and persuasive that you and I literally need daily intervention.” Paul David Tripp–page 73 The tactic...

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 a...

Letter to Women’s Ministry Leaders

Dear Women’s Ministry Coordinators, “Every person we minister too is both glorious and broken.” Dr. Sam Williams, Professor Biblical Counseling at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary I love this quote by Dr. Williams because it describes so beautifully the heart...

The Danger of Comparing Ourselves to Others

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp: A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “In the face of his [God’s] glory I am left naked with no glory whatsoever to hold before myself or anyone else. As long as I am comparing myself to others, I...

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 ministry, is...

The Race that is Set Before Us

You could argue that the biblical story is about three locations. The garden in Genesis was a location of perfection and beauty but became a place of sin and trouble. The hill of Calvary was a place of both horrible suffering and transforming grace. And the New...

Running to the True Refuge

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People "In the middle of trouble, when you are in the heat of the battle, you will run somewhere for refuge. You will run somewhere for rest, comfort, peace,...

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...

Location, location, location!

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People     Pastor, make sure you are being pastored the entire time you are pastoring others. Seek out a mature and reliable person with whom you can share...