Monergism is offering The Biblical Counseling Movement after Adams by Heath Lamber, foreword by David Powlison at a 34% discount off it’s original price. Description of the Book: Those inside and outside of the biblical counseling movement recognize growing differences between the foundational work of Jay Adams and that of current thought leaders such as … Continue reading »
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How Does the Community View Our Church?
I grew up in a “separatist” Church. Secondary separation was normal, as was protesting, if not boycotting, various stores, restaurants or manufacturers of toothpaste. We tapered our hair, forced girls to wear culottes, and demanded only one version of the bible was good enough to use. This English bible was so good that if you … Continue reading »
Must Read Article: The Top Ten Trends in Biblical Counseling – Bob Kellemen
The Gospel Coalition’s “Voices” (blogs) website recently posted a very good article by Dr.Bob Kellemen. I have always appreciated the insight of Dr.Kellemen and this article is a concise description of what is happening in Biblical Counseling. I’ve posted the introductory paragraph with a link to the remainder: As I speak around the country on … Continue reading »
Biblical Counseling Coalition Summit – a report
If you are passionate about biblical counseling at all (and I hope you are!) then this report from a recent gathering of “movers and shakers” within the biblical counseling movement should encourage you. Dr Bob Kellemen summarizes the activities of the nearly 40 biblical counseling movement leaders that took place in Chicago on May 3rd … Continue reading »
Real March Madness: My Pix
I am at best a nominal fan of college basketball. My sport is pro football…and if I had my druthers, I’d have the camera only focus on the scrimmage line. I am in awe of the hitting, the pure mass of muscular motivation and the grind it out attitude play after play. So, college basketball … Continue reading »
How to Change Your Wife by Faith: Study Her
This is a continuation of a series of posts summarizing James MacDonald’s booklet, “How to: Change your Wife by Faith”. You can find the previous posts here: post 1 and post 2. The entire booklet is centered around one verse written to men, 1 Peter 3:7, which says: Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them with … Continue reading »
Change Your Wife by Faith: Spend Time with Her
This is a short series of posts commenting on the booklet: Change Your Wife by Faith written by James MacDonald of Harvest Bible Chapel & Walk in the Word ministries. It is an examination of 1 Peter 3:7, written to husbands: Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife as … Continue reading »
How to Change Your Wife by Faith – James MacDonald
On the week of February 7-12, 2010 I attended the Biblical Counseling Training Conference at Faith Baptist Church in Lafayette, IN. While there I was browsing the displays and picked up several copies of a two-faced (…will explain that later) booklet entitled, “How to Change Your Wife by Faith“. What I mean by two-faced is … Continue reading »
A camera, Brandi and snow
I was 4 chapters deep in James MacDonald‘s When Life is Hard when I looked at our clock above the mantle. 8:35p. I decided to take a walk. The little kids were just about in bed, taking baths and so I figured it would be good to head out into some wintry weather. I decided … Continue reading »
U.S. Foster Care: Hope for Orphans, pt.2
On February 9, I pointed you to an article from the Hope for Orphans blog. It discussed the children of foster care and the need for the church to respond. You can read my post, with link to the blog, here. They have recently posted another entry concerning foster care, and I’ve quoted some of … Continue reading »
