The Anatomy of Adultery from A Man and His Marriage material: Unintentional neglect of each other in your marriage. Both the friendship, and the physical intimacy begin to wane. Someone of the opposite sex is really kind to you. They notices you, compliments you, affirms you, and you feel respected. The compliment turns into a conversation. Maybe…
I read Richard Baxter’s The Reformed Pastor several years ago and as I read it I underlined a number of sentences, as well as wrote wow, ouch and many other words due to the insight Baxter offered. If you haven’t read it I’d encourage you to do so. To make it easy I’ve uploaded The Reformed Pastor as a FREE pdf so you can…
This was shared with me this morning — I wanted to pass it on. Thanks for reading. Heartbroken. Discouraged. Forgotten. That’s how I feel today. I’m sitting at my computer inside because the annual haze in my city is getting worse and it’s not particularly good for my five children to be out breathing it…
Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges in their book Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Tim write that “pride and fear always separate us from God, from each other, and us from ourselves” (58). What does this look like? How does pride and fear separate us from God? Too ashamed about failure to…
Many of us remember when we were little the adult table and the kid table at Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners. It was always an exciting time when we “graduated” from the kid table to the adult table. No more seating assignments next to little Johnny where you were expected to help him eat his food and…
The writer of Hebrews tell us that the hope we have in Jesus serves as an anchor for our soul (6:19). And yet, many Christians live day-to-day feeling as if their circumstances leave them hopeless. Hope, for a Christian, is the expectation of something good. Hope is woven into the fabric of who we are as…
Here’s some background to Acts 26:1-32 which is the passage I’ll be drawing several principles from when sharing your faith: Paul receives permission to speak from King Agrippa. He informs Agrippa and the rest of the audience that he counts himself fortunate to make his defense before the king, who is acquainted with the customs and…
Here’s some statements from Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges’ book Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time: Leadership is a process of influence. Anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of people in their personal or professional ives, you are taking on the role of a leader.…
May 15, 2014 | By Nathan Millican In Part 1 of The Pastor as Counselor, we discussed various responses that sometimes are heard from pastors concerning counseling, as well as a couple of passages that speak to the role and responsibility biblical leaders have in coming alongside the church to help them walk with Jesus. In this…
I imagine you or someone you know has said or thought one of the following statements regarding the issue of counseling in the life of a pastor: When I signed up to be a pastor I didn’t sign up to be a counselor! I just do not have the time to counsel anyone—I’m busy enough…
Theology Along the Way 