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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...
How Do I Know If My Child Might Need Counseling?
This is a question that I get from many parents. As parents, we struggle at times to know what is needed. This article is a summary of certain things that may show that your child may need someone who is trained and outside their family and friend circle to speak or...
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...
The Enemy Within
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “There is something dark and deceitful that still lurks in the heart of every one of God’s children who has not yet been fully gloried: sin” (pg. 108) I...
Context Clues for Remembering the War
Perhaps we have forgotten that pastoral ministry is war and that you will never live successfully in the pastorate if you live with a peacetime mentality. (Paul David Tripp in Dangerous Calling, p. 98). Forgetting where you are at can make life awkward, difficult, and...
Failure Is An Option
Yes, you read the date correctly, it is officially twenty- six days past the deadline I gave myself to have posted my next blog. I have officially now missed my goal of twelve blogs this year. I thought of ways to make it up. I could quickly write two in this month...
The Product of Community
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People "None of us is wired to live this Christian life alone. None of us is safe living separate and unknown. Each of us, whether pastor or congregant, needs...