The text of the letter to the Colossians has a lot to tell us about how to create and maintain a context where we are constantly reminded that we live in the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus. Paul begins his letter by encouraging the Colossians with grace and peace and continues as he tells them […]
Episode 17 – The Godness of God
Sometimes, maybe often, when presented with people and their problems, we are tempted to be sucked into the problem with them and to try to “help” them by resolving what we see right in front of us. But what we forget is that the problem is really a problem with their relationship with God. Sometimes […]
Episode 20 – How To Have A Fight
This week Pastor Mike explains how to think about one another before you get into a fight so that you can fight the right way. If you need to fight at all. You can find it here and here.
Hard Providence
Hi Pastor Smith, I’m really sorry to hear this. its a really hard providence and situation. Here’s what I think: You can only do what you can do. In other words, you might want to help in ways that you just can’t. It might be time, or finances, or something else. You just need to know […]
Episode 19 – The Second Counseling Session
We put up another Podcast. You can find it here. You can also see it as a video here. This week Doctor Lawyer talks about how to structure the second counseling session. Books referred to in this session: Reforming Marriage, Douglas Wilson Strengthening Your Marriage, Wayne Mack When Sinners Say I Do, Dave Harvey Shame Interrupted, Ed […]
EPISODE 18 – THE FIRST COUNSELING SESSION
We put up another Podcast. You can find it here. You can also see it as a video here. This week Pastor Mike Lawyer talks about how to structure the first counseling session.
Prepared 2020 Postponed
Because of all the hoopla and timing, we are postponing the Prepared 2020 conference to November 6-7, 2020.
Episode 16 – Disagreeing Agreeably
We put up another Podcast. You can find it here. We live in a world of differences: opinions, looks, ideas, thoughts, behaviors, etc. We often run into one another and don’t have all that great a time doing it. Today Dr. Lawyer us going to talk about how to disagree with folks agreeably.
Episode 15 – Representing God
We put up another Podcast. You can find it here. Biblical counselors need to remember that they represent God. Today we’re talking about why that is and some ramifications of this understanding.