New Testament The Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness 12 Jul 201712 Jul 2017 Gentleness is not much of a cultural value. Our world, much like the culture of Greece and Rome during the time of Paul, believes in power and authority. Machismo culture…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Spirit (Part 4) 11 Jul 2017 The work of the Holy Spirit covers a broad array of activities within the pages of Scripture. Both within the Charismatic movement and without, Christians have tended to reduce the…
Recovery Reflections on the IBCD Summer Institute 2017 10 Jul 2017 The complexity of an addiction scares most of us. The interplay of body and soul presents unique challenges in counseling. Yet, the epidemic that is drug addiction in the U.S.…
Personal Monthly Love: June 7 Jul 2017 Here's what I loved in June of 2017: 1. Brunch Krista and I celebrated our anniversary this month by getting brunch at one of our favorite places: Toast. Toast is…
Uncategorized Next Week 7 Jul 2017 Due to a bit of vacation and a speaking engagement I didn't post per my usual and anticipated schedule. So, this coming week I will return to regular blogging and…
Books A Review of “Rediscovering the Holy Spirit” by Michael Horton 4 Jul 2017 God is Triune. That's what the Bible presents and what the Christian church has confessed since the dawn of its existence. Yet, for all our verbal confession, in actual practice…
Uncategorized Next Week 30 Jun 2017 Don't miss these posts and more next week at Pastor Dave Online: 1. A review of Rediscovering the Holy Spirit by Michael Horton This new book on the Holy Spirit…
Counseling External Influence and Internal Interpretation 29 Jun 2017 How did Joseph not exact his revenge? Here he sat as the second in command over all of Egypt and the brothers who had, years prior, sold him into slavery…
New Testament The Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness 28 Jun 2017 "He is faithful when we are not." This popular saying reminds us of the real difficulty we have as sinful people to produce faithfulness. The Biblical story is, of course,…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Spirit (Part 3) 27 Jun 201727 Jun 2017 When we talk about the "works of the Spirit" the church often struggles with an imbalance. On the one hand are those who seem to limit the work of the…
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