This is reposted from Dr. Kellemen’s website. I found it to be an encouraging and insightful post. Enjoy! 5 Reasons It’s Past Time to End the Stereotypes about Biblical Counseling I received an email recently sharing that a counseling professor at an Evangelical seminary said that a certain biblical counselor was “dangerous.” It wasn’t a…
D.A. Carson: God is the sovereign, transcendent and personal God who has made the universe, including us, his image-bearers. Our misery lies in our rebellion, our alienation from God, which, despite his forbearance, attracts his implacable wrath. But God, precisely because love is of the very essence of his character, takes the initiative and prepared…
Ron Edmondson has two posts he wrote awhile ago that are concise in biblically explaining what forgiveness is and it is not. Here are 7 things forgiveness IS NOT: Forgetting – When you forgive someone your memory isn’t suddenly wiped clean of the offense. I know God could do that, but it seems that would be…
Brad Hambrick has a video-blog answering that very question. It’s a helpful video in discerning the difference between the two.
I just finished Mark Dever and Greg Gilbert’s book Preach: Theology Meets Practice and overall I enjoyed the book. Their book is not intended to be a work encompassing all the finer points of what preaching is, constructing a sermon or delivering a sermon, etc. Rather, it’s a glimpse into their habits of preparation, how they…
Bob Kellemen of the Biblical Counseling Coalition “Biblical counseling is Christ-centered, church-based, comprehensive, compassionate, and culturally-informed personal ministry that depends upon the Holy Spirit to relate God’s inspired truth about people, problems, and solutions to human suffering (through sustaining and healing) and sin (through reconciling and guiding) to equip people to exalt and enjoy God…
Our elders are reading through Paul David Tripp’s book Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change and I am continually challenged and exhorted by his words. Here are five principles he draws from Genesis 3 to give us a biblical understanding of…
I’m reading through Brad House’s book Community: Taking Your Small Groups Off Life Support and wanted to share a an excerpt that speaks to how sin distorts and perverts community. God’s purpose in creating Adam and Eve were that they would be fruitful and multiply,…
First, you should humble yourself or ….(James 4:7-10) with the Gospel and a Cross-centered perspective. Here’s some practical steps as well: Pray for God to search your heart (by His Spirit with His Word) and help you repent of pride and to grow in humility (Ps 139). Read the Law, Psalms and the Prophets often…
Humility manifests itself in the following ways: Recognizing and trusting God’s character (Psalm 119:66) Seeing yourself as having no right to question or judge an Almighty and Perfect God (Psalm 145:17; Romans 9:19-23) Focusing on Christ (Philippians 1:21; Hebrews 12:1-2) Biblical praying and a great deal of it (1 Thessalonians 5:17; 1 Timothy 2:1-2) Being…
Theology Along the Way 