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Conformity to Christ: It’s An Inside Job
If conformity to Christ requires us to face our own tendencies toward idolatry, then how does facing personal idolatry relate to spiritual disciplines, suffering, and community? “God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery,...
More than Incantations: A Relational Approach to Learning & Change
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it...
The Humility and Difficulty of Surrender
In John 15, the Lord notes that He is the Gardener. Christ is the vine, and we are the branches. There are certain times in our lives that the Lord may bring about a time of pruning. Surrendering one’s rights or desires to the Lord may be a type of pruning. He may be...
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...
The Lost Art of Solitude
“Solitude does not pull us away from our fellow human beings but instead makes real fellowship possible.” ~Henri Nouwen “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” ~Augustine I’ve become increasingly aware of a pervasive...
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...
Robin Williams’ Battle with Depression
This is the title most media outlets are using when reporting on the recent suicide of Robin Williams. It sounds much nicer than "Robin Williams Kills Himself". But, this is the raw reality of what happened. Robin Williams it appears struggled with/was diagnosed...
Effective Counseling is Interactive
What do I look for in a biblical counselor? What should I expect during the first session? What questions should I ask the counselor? Where do I go to find biblical counselors in my area? The following post includes a few simple guidelines to briefly address the...