Text For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek (Rom 1:16). As we move forward, we need to remember and keep going back to the fact that the Gospel is what […]
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 […]
We often hear that God wants us to be happy and that blessing is often equated with being happy. But is this what blessed means and does God want us to be happy? And where does joy fit into this scenario? These questions are what Dr. Lawyer will be answering in this episode of Maturing […]
As I’ve observed folks over the years it occurred to me that people do what they do for glory. And when they don’t get glory, they get really upset and sometimes even go so far as to kill themselves. Let me give me a simple illustration of what I’m talking about. Suppose a two-year-old wants […]
Introduction Back when I was a boy there was a Peanuts cartoon that showed a boy hugging a little puppy and the caption said, “Happiness is a warm puppy.” And I have to say that puppies, even if I’m not close to them, bring a smile to my face. They’re just so, cute—and fuzzy. I […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
We put up another Podcast. You can find it here. God is sovereign over everything that happens. Our choices are freely made, and God holds us responsible for them. The problems people are suffering through have their roots in either physical/medical things or sinful hearts or a combination of the two. Believing the Gospel means […]
The Center for Biblical Counseling (CBC), a reformed and evangelical ministry, empowers God’s people to support, encourage, and disciple those facing life’s challenges through the ministry of the gospel.
