“This is what we want to work toward in our small groups. Like Wesley’s Band Societies, we want our small-group meetings to fulfill Proverbs 27:17; ‘As iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another.’ Even as we rest fully secure in our justification before God because of the substitutionary sacrifice of the Son, let us […]
Leaders want to change lives
The people I consult with are hungry for a comprehensive, real-world approach to equipping God’s people for one-another ministry. Like you, they want to empower others for the personal ministry of the Word—as biblical counselors, caregivers, spiritual friends, elders, deacons, small-group leaders, disciplers, or mentors. Leaders want to change lives” Robert Kelleman, Equipping Counselors for […]
Freedom From Sinful Desires
There has been a lot of talk recently about homosexual men living godly Christian lives. They claim to do this by living celibate lives. You can read about a book written on this subject here. I will be the first to acknowledge that I might be missing something here, but I don’t understand how a […]
Empiricism and Psychology I
“Empiricism is the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from the senses—what we see, hear, hold, weigh, and measure. Obviously, moral truth cannot be stuffed into a test tube or studied under a microscope. As a result, moral statements were no longer considered truths at all, but merely expressions of emotion” (Nancy Pearcey, Saving Leonardo, […]
We need others
“There is a common yet false supposition among Christians that practicing the spiritual disciplines (prayer, memorizing and meditating on Scripture, fasting, confession of sin, etc.) is sufficient to maintain spiritual growth. But as vital as these practices are, they are not sufficient. Small groups provide the encouragement, correction, and accountability that are necessary to keep […]
taste and know
“For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but God Himself, and unless and until the hearers find God in personal experience, they are not the better for having heard the truth. The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of […]
Parish Bible Studies Starting Again
“Theologian Wayne Grudem provides a fine, concise definition of this critical doctrine: “Sanctification is a progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin and like Christ in our actual lives.”3 That’s the goal of the Christian life, isn’t it? Increasing freedom from sin and increasing resemblance to Jesus. […]
The Biblical way of Making Choices
Hi, Somebody has asked me how God answers prayers. For example, when we pray because we do not know what decision to make, in what way can God show us what we should do? Jane Hi Jane, First, if the Bible tells us what decision to make, we do what it tells us. For example the […]
Knowing Him Better
“Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they had found Him the finding was all the sweeter for […]