Books… A Review of “Redemption” by Mike Wilkerson 10 Jun 201310 Jun 2013 Serving as a pastor of a church composed largely of recovering addicts and alcoholics introduced me to a world of suffering that I had only known about in theory. When…
Counseling… The Power of the Gospel for Real Change: Reflections on the Process of Sanctification from Colossians 2:20-3:5 (Part 3) 17 May 201318 May 2013 Are you embarrassed by the gospel? Paul wasn't. He understood that the gospel was the only real hope any man had. He wrote to the Romans saying, "For I am…
Counseling… The Power of the Gospel for Real Change: Reflections on the Process of Sanctification from Colossians 2:20-3:5 (Part 2) 9 May 201310 May 2013 Legalism is a soul-deadening misrepresentation of Christianity! My wife and I lived for years in a community that was plagued by dysfunctional Christianity, where the perception of most preachers and…
Counseling… The Power of the Gospel for Real Change: Reflections on the Process of Sanctification from Colossians 2:20-3:5 (Part 1) 2 May 20133 May 2013 How do people change? There are a myriad of ideas about what change looks like, and lots of proposed solutions are offered to what ails us. But as a Christian…
Counseling… The Value of A Tired Soul 3 Dec 20124 Dec 2012 I have tired clinging to my bones. There's no book review today because I spent the weekend in Pennsylvania, helping to bury my grandfather and remember him with my family. It was…
1 Peter… Elect Exiles?: The Role of Suffering in 1 Peter 1 (Part 1) 24 Oct 201225 Oct 2012 What we were about to do was not exactly legal. It was late at night and we were a small group, but nonetheless we had to huddle quietly on the…
Counseling… A Theology of Sex: The Gospel and Sexual Assault 2 Oct 20123 Oct 2012 I wish I had known what to say to her. She had shared that she was molested as a little girl almost as if it was a passing comment, some…
Counseling… Idol Factory: Money and Posessions 13 Sep 201214 Sep 2012 "The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil" - 1 Timothy 6:10 Some sin is so subtle in our lives that we don't even know it's eating…
Counseling… Idol Factory: Power 6 Sep 20127 Sep 2012 No season seems more fitting to address the idol of power than does political season. Inevitably this is a season where we think about power and particularly where we want…
Counseling… Idol Factory: Recognition 5 Sep 20126 Sep 2012 The worship of God can be used to feed an idol. That is to say, if your idol is recognition or fame then we can turn even something like singing…
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