In this article, we explore the sufficiency and supremacy of the Bible in guiding Christians through life’s challenges. Although Scripture may not explicitly address every modern issue, we can apply biblical principles to make godly decisions. Learn how to honor God, love your neighbor, and grow your faith by understanding and implementing these principles in your daily life.
Sin: Is It Nurture or Nature
Dear Dr. Lawyer, Thank you for reminding me how proud of I am and quick to judge. I’m realizing how often I judge others and the level of my self-righteousness is dreadful. I never really recognized it until the last year or so and I’m wondering if it is any connection to the folks I’ve […]
Some Thoughts On Homework And…
Some Ways Biblical Counseling Isn’t CBT I view the Biblical Counseling homework as having four helpful effects. First, homework gives more than one input to your situation than just me. I’ve been around for a long time and think I’ve learned a few things about life and godliness, but the homework adds another level to what I […]
Laziness
The counselee who is lazy can come to us in a variety of ways. A mother might bring her teen won’t stop playing video games and make his bed. An out of work who can’t find work might ask for help. You might just come across a homeless guy sitting on the side of the […]
Depression…
Depression is the physical/emotional reaction you experience when you forget that God, the glorious, loving, merciful, and rejoicing God has you right where he wants you, in exactly the situation that is best for you and most glorious for him…and it is bad. Mike Lawyer
Maturing in Christ: Episode 37: Child Discipline 6
The latest edition of “How To Discipline your Children” can be found here.
All Things Become New
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Cor 5:17). What I’ve been describing is called all sorts of things in the Bible, but one of my favorites is new birth. Jesus told Nicodemus that unless he was born again, […]
What is the Gospel?
Many years ago, when our church was just beginning to take ourselves seriously as a real church, the newly formed elder board decided to talk through basic Christian doctrines. One of our first topics was, “What is the Gospel?” It just seemed to make sense that if we were going to be a Bible-believing and […]