Counseling Insight The right thing is not always the effective thing. Problem: The brother or sister is angry because what you told them to do, believe, or say, on the basis of sound reasoning from the Scripture, “didn’t work.” Analysis: Sometimes there is correspondence between what is right and what is effective. Sometimes there isn’t. Not understanding this … More Applying the Word of God to Counseling
Weekend Musings Clement lived between A.D. 30-100. He is one of what are called the Ante-Nicene [Before Nicene Council] Fathers. He may have known the apostle Paul (cf. Phil 4:3). He probably wrote his first letter to the Corinthians in about A.D. 96. The following is from “chapters 7-9” where he writes about how we … More A First Century Gospel Presentation
Weekend Musings “There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.” John Calvin
Friday is for Heart Songs My failures as a parent are too many and too embarrassing to recount. But there are a couple of things I did right. One was marrying Stephnie. A better wife and mother a man could not ask for, … well he could, but he’d be stupid! I’m not stupid. Another … More Family Slogans and Lasting Values
Thursday is for Discipleship How does the simplicity and obviousness of certain passages escape our notice? Perhaps we are just too familiar with some passages. We grow dull of eye and ear and neither see nor hear what is so obvious. Take the “Great Commission” of Matthew 28 for an example. “Go therefore and make … More The Mission is Not to be Educators
Wednesday is for Prayer Busy day today. At 10 am a Skype conference call with North American World Zone Leaders of Dynamic Church Planting International. We will be mapping out strategies and plans to resource and network with other church planting agencies to accelerate church planting in North America. Following the Skype conference call and … More In Need of Prayer (aren’t we always?)
Tuesday is for Preaching Thesis: Most messages require a firm structure for maximum audience involvement. Therefore, I prefer to phrase titles and principles/points in ways that: First, … Begin to hint at application for the hearer. I try to stay away from titles that are merely descriptive, for example “Joshua Leads the People to Conquer … More Where are You Going with Your Preaching?
Monday Discussion Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God.” (2 Timothy 1:8) Paul is an old man whose life is about to be poured out as a drink offering to God … More “Join with Me in Suffering for the Gospel”
Weekend Musings The following are excerpted from the book The Wisdom of Stability, by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. All of them are about community. Bold topic headlines and bracketed [ ] comments are my own. On Facebook “Friends” I get to choose who I want to ‘friend’ and whose friendship requests I respond to. We gather around … More The Dangers of a Facebook “Friend”
Weekend Musings Living an intensely local life is not easy, comfortable or without conflict. It is just a way we have to rediscover if we want to reach the post modern world with the gospel. The following are all quotes from Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove‘s The Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture (Paraclete Press, … More Living a Passionately Simple and Connected Life to Community
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