When he saw them come into the room, Bob hated John almost immediately. John came with Courtney: tall, blond, legs that went all the way down to the ground. On top of that, she was tan and had really nice teeth. What did John have, other than Courtney, that Bob didn’t? Bob had a really […]
There is a lot of talk in the world and the church about making, having, maintaining, and pursuing peace. Hebrews 12:14 tells the readers to “pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord….” What I want to talk about here is peace and how to pursue it. Peace […]
When I was in seminary, I found myself in an odd discussion with a fellow student about whether anything objective or real happened inside or to an individual when he becomes a Christian. I think it is odd because how could anyone think that nothing happens to a person when they believe. I suppose he […]
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We are excited to share these messages fromGrace Agenda 2019: Keep Your Kids! The last several years Christ Church has tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at christkirk.com/give. Be sure to select ‘Grace Agenda’ in […]
Introduction What I have in mind here that would qualify as a difficult discussion is one where you’d rather not have it, but you love God and the person too much to let things go any further. Your friend is hurting himself; either spiritually, reputationally, relationally, or something else. But you’ve been watching things for […]
Christianity focuses on one thing really—glory. God’s glory Everything God has ever done has been for his glory. He made us to be the crowning jewel in glory, but we are here, not to get glory, but to reflect his glory. We reflect it back to him and to everyone and everything around us. We […]
I majored in philosophy in college. I had learned that psychology was really just applied philosophy and so I decided to jump right to the source and study the thought behind the behavior. The original plan was to study psychology, then theology, and then go back to psychology at the doctoral level. But I shifted […]
The doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture is a fundamental tenet of the Christian faith. To say the Scriptures are sufficient means that the Bible is all we need to equip us for a life of faith and service. It provides a clear demonstration of God’s intention to restore the broken relationship between Himself and […]
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.
