It's been about 12 days now that our new biblical counseling blog has "gone live" and already its being loaded with resources to help you in your personal discipleship ministries. Here's an encouraging email that came in a couple days ago: "I am...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
On May 22nd, while sitting on the balcony of a cruise ship two days before our 25th wedding anniversary, I began to list in my journal evidences of God’s grace to me over the past ¼ century. By God’s sovereign grace I’ve...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Tomorrow is Election Day. How should we as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ think about government, civil leaders, and our role in society? Below is a summary of a devotional that our men’s group went through this morning. This evening we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
From the very helpful Discerning Reader website, here's a very encouraging review of one of our new discipleship counseling booklets, HELP! My Toddler Rules the House, by Paul & Karen Tautges. Purchase this helpful booklet from Cumberland...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Ten days ago, the island nation of Japan experienced its most powerful earthquake in its recorded history. The 9.0 earthquake on the ocean floor shook the nation and triggered a massive wall of water, known as a tsunami, to attack the eastern...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Dave & Judi Coats were stunned when their teenage daughter said to them, “You are not going to tell me what to do!” Struggles with their teens drove them to their knees in prayer and to the Word of God for answers about teenage...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
(I wish I could count how many married couples have expressed their regret to me over having made the decision to wait to have children. When they finally did decide, too many found infertility awaiting them. Below, is a brief testimony from one...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
(The following is a chapter excerpt from Delight in the Word: Biblical Counseling for Everyday Issues.) Depression is debilitating. It is a crippling state that leaves you unable to function normally and, sometimes, not even caring that it is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We are delighted to learn that Desiring God Ministries has selected our pastor's book, Teach Them to Pray, as a giveaway to the 1800 conference participants at this year's Desiring God 2011 Conference for Pastors: "The Powerful Life of the Praying...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Every person reading this blog knows of at least one person who is right now being affected, or has been in recent past, by the covenant-breaking sin of immorality--adultery. Now, more than ever, the church needs biblical, gospel-centered... [ abbreviated | read entire ]
