Books Summer Reading List 2018 11 Jun 2018 As we head into summer I am anticipating a good reading season. Here are some of the books I plan to read this summer: 1. Holding Hands, Holding Hearts: A…
Trauma Trauma and Union with Christ (Part 2) 8 Jun 2018 The believer's union with Christ is a key doctrine that can help to alter our perception of self in the aftermath of traumatic experiences. The doctrine is useful in that…
Reformation The Reformation Context (Part 7) 7 Jun 2018 Ecclesiastical authority was already a major issue of debate during the fourteenth century. These challenges, much like the rise of the Papacy itself, came in small movements that built to…
Counseling Signs & Wonders and Counseling Outcomes 5 Jun 2018 When Ed came to Christ his desire for alcohol was completely taken away. He had gone from being a binge drinker to a complete teetotaler within a weekend. That dramatic…
Books A Review of “The Morals of the Story” by David and Marybeth Baggett 4 Jun 20184 Jun 2018 As I prepare to review a book on moral philosophy I feel ethically bound to inform readers that I am not a trained moral philosopher. Yet, for all its technical…
Personal Monthly Love: May 2 Jun 20182 Jun 2018 Here's some of what I loved in the month of May, 2018. 1. Avengers: Infinity War An awesome movie! It does tend to bite off too much at points (the…
Reformation The Reformation Context (Part 6) 31 May 2018 The Roman Catholic Church had two major theological pillars that influenced the shape of the Reformation. We've seen already, how their soteriology influenced the theological response of the reformers, but…
Philosophy… The Existence of God and Degrees of Goodness 30 May 2018 Have you ever had to choose between two seemingly good things. In such situations we are often forced to ask the question, "which is better." It's a question about the…
Books A Review of “Biblical Counseling Basics” by Jeremy Lelek 29 May 2018 Biblical counseling has been going through something of an identity crisis as of late. What exactly is "Biblical counseling," what is its relationship to extra biblical content, how is it…
Trauma Trauma and Union with Christ 24 May 20187 Jun 2018 "The most important habit that doctrine forms is neither linguistic nor conceptual but imaginative" (Vanhoozer,The Drama of Doctrine, 377). The gospel gives to Christians the ability to imagine a new…
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