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Staff and guest authors write insightful posts about topics that may help you continue fighting the daily battle between renovating our broken lives with the blueprint of Christ as our cornerstone.
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When Life Is Hard
Throughout the last 21 years that I’ve been a pastor’s wife, people have asked me how Mike and I met. It is a fairy-tale story

Baptism: Definition
I thought I would try to do something that most folks don’t. That is, to discover what baptism is before talking about who should be

Thinking About Context
Dear Bob, I’ll try to address both of your letters in this one. I looked up the link you sent and noticed that at the

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

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

The People, Not The People
Last week I wrote a little bit about the way Biblical covenant communities work. The heads make an agreement with God and everyone in his

Privates and Bridle Repair
I was thinking about the movie Braveheart the other day and specifically about the scene where the armies are lined up against each other getting

Cancer and Coals
This is a quick update. I still look to the hills for my help. Nothing new there. When I received the news about my cancer

Jim Wilson, Generations
One of the great blessings I’ve had in my life is to watch, from a pretty close vantage point, the way God uses generations to