Counseling can sound like a big & intimidating thing to do. Most Christians perhaps feel uncertain and ill-equipped to help others grow in Christ. In reality, Christian counseling is just another way of saying “discipleship”. Which, Scripture teaches us, is something every Christian can and should be doing. As believers, we should seek to know […]
Dear Pastor Lawyer, I’ve been going to church all of my life, but some of the things you’ve been saying have me wondering if I’ve ever become a Christian at all. How can I tell if I’ve become a Christian? Thanks, Julie Dear Julie, Thanks for writing. It’s refreshing to hear someone actually question whether […]
Don’t Waste Your Cancer by John Piper February 15, 2006 I write this on the eve of prostate surgery. I believe in Gods power to heal by miracle and by medicine. I believe it is right and good to pray for both kinds of healing. Cancer is not wasted when it is healed by God. […]
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who […]
Any evaluation of Nietzsche’s thought must inquire into his epistemology. How does one refute a philosopher who declares absurdity at the outset? When dealing with apostles of irrationality, I always ask them why they even bother to talk. I see no great value in my proving the absurdity of a position the proponents of which […]
Within Marxism, equality is more important that equity. Indeed Marxism assumes that equity is served only by equality. This means that the sluggard or indolent “deserves or is “entitled “to an equal share of the pie with the diligent and laborious. This embodies the principle, “from each according to his ability, to each according to […]
By Lisa Leidenfrost Paul was given an infirmity for a purpose. Since he had just told about ‘a man’ (himself), who had had a celestial mountain top experience, God gave a trial to him to keep him grounded. “And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in […]
I thought you might like to watch a sermon I preached a few weeks ago. You can find it here.
Who we are is of supreme importance. Where we get our information about who we are is of supreme important as well. Who tells us what, matters. I heard a talk, recently, in which the speaker, when talking with a young woman who had been molested by an uncle, said, “You’re listening to a lie […]
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.
