Recovery The Addict in Us: Conclusion 15 Jun 201615 Jun 2016 Addicts are all around us. Christian theology teaches that we are all sinners and we are all prone to all kinds of failures, problems, and sins. While we may not…
Recovery Ministry Helping My Addict: Don’t Take Responsibility For Their Sin 14 Jun 2016 False guilt can be debilitating. By “false guilt,” I mean those feelings of condemnation and responsibility for sins and failures that are not yours for which to take ownership. These…
Books Reviewing Booklets on Sin and Temptation 13 Jun 2016 There is an unbelievable spiritual war within the human heart. All Christians can cry out with the apostle Paul, “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do…
Reading This Week’s Good Reads 11 Jun 2016 Every week I compile a collection of articles from around the web. The list is usually random and it's clearly a subjective list of things I find interesting, but there's…
Books Best Books of 2016 … So Far 10 Jun 2016 I've read roughly 43 books so far this year. Many have been good, some have been terrible, but only a few have been amazing. Here are my top five favorite…
Uncategorized Next Week 10 Jun 2016 Don't miss these posts and more next week at Pastor Dave Online: 1) A review of Addiction and Change by Carlo DiClemente A really fantastic resource on the dynamics involved…
New Testament Studies in Titus: Every Good Work (3:1-11) 9 Jun 2016 How a church relates to those outside the faith reflects what we really believe about the gospel. In the final chapter of his letter to Titus, Paul shifts the conversation…
Recovery The Addict in Us: Emotional Imbalance 8 Jun 2016 Human beings have a tendency to operate with extremes. In the realm of emotions we tend to live at one or the other opposite poles: (1) we are ruled by…
Recovery Ministry Helping My Addict: Don’t Neglect Personal Responsibility 7 Jun 2016 Caring for a loved one with a substance abuse problem can easily become all-consuming. Caretakers can find themselves constantly monitoring them, searching for them, helping them out of jams, or…
Books A Review of “The Whole Christ” by Sinclair Ferguson 6 Jun 2016 What does a 1700s internecine Scottish theological debate have to do with the contemporary church? According to Sinclair Ferguson, quite a lot, since the issues at the heart of that…
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