Some great stuff here.
Religion?
I read the other day that atheism is the fastest growing religion in the world. It got me thinking. The Bible says that everything is about God (1 Cor 10:31; Col 3:17; 1 Pet 4:11). This means that everything is religious. The things we normally consider religious are religious of course: prayer, the study of […]
The Antithesis In The Right Place
I recently read this blog post, Heath Lambert, which was a reaction to this post, by David Murray and I was inspired to write something about Biblical counseling as opposed to counseling psychology. The quote these two posts are responding to is this: I know of no single biblical counselor who rejects the observations of […]
Put Off, Put On
I found this cool page this morning and thought I should share it. I know it looks like we’re throwing verses at problem, but I assure you that any Biblical counselor worth his/her salt would not use these verses in isolation from a full-bodied relationship with the living God.
First Things First
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 […]
How I Attend To Extra-Biblical Material
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 […]
Sufficiency of Scripture (From Others)
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 […]
Sufficiency of Scripture
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord […]
Fights and Quarrels
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, […]