Introduction: Okay, so you’ve just met and everything is going great. Suddenly, from out of nowhere one of you gets angry with the other. Feelings are hurt, words are said, feet are stomped, curses slung, and then all is silent—deathly silent. What do you do now? Start with God The most important relationship any of […]
Confession of Sin
Introduction: People come to me who have been a Christian for many years, but have never heard about how to get rid of the results (guilt, anger, bitterness, fear, frustration, unsettledness, anxiety, etc.) of their sin. They asked Jesus into their heart when they were young and were immediately filled with joy and gratitude, but […]
Temptation
Introduction: The Bible talks a lot about temptation and sin. And we know that we sin all the time. But we often don’t know how we get into sin in the first place. James 1:14 and 15 says, “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire […]
Fear, Worry, and Anxiety
Introduction: The motto of many twenty-first century Christians seems to be, “Why trust when you can worry?” Some realize it is wrong and try to hide their worry by giving it other titles such as “concerned,” “troubled,” “disturbed,” “interested,” or “bothered.” Regardless of the term used, worry saps your energy, drains your joy, destroys vision, […]
Secular is Pagan
We live in a world where people want to distinguish between faith and secular, between belief in God and things that don’t pertain to God. But nothing is neutral. Everything is either bringing us closer to God or taking us away from God. Everything is worship. We either worship God or we worship whatever other […]
The Most
My core conviction is that we as Christians should be the most caring, probing, insightful, and helpful counselors on the planet. David Powlison
Our Burden
Let us examine our burden. It is altogether an interior one. It attacks the heart and the mind and reaches the body only from within. First, there is the burden of pride. The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think for yourself whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking […]
Every Church a Counseling Church
You have a counseling ministry in your church whether you realize it or not, because people are seeking advice. And when they ask for advice, they get it, whether it’s good advice or not. Tim Lane
Either Way, We Are Servants
Anyone who might feel reluctant to surrender his will to the will of another should remember Jesus’ words, ‘Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.’ We must of necessity be servant to someone, either to God or to sin. The sinner prides himself on his independence, completely overlooking the fact that he is the […]