Yes. The entire day was devoted to learning how to answer questions on the NANC certification exam. It was all blown away by the wonderfully encouraging sermon by James MacDonald, entitled, God is in Control. I’ve tried to reproduce my notes below – but to be honest, I was just passionately listening to this sermon … Continue reading »
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Biblical Counseling Training Counseling: Counsel With Confidence and Compassion
February 7-12 you’ll find me and over 1300 other people passionate about biblical counseling at Faith Baptist Church in Lafayette, IN. This year’s theme is Counseling with Confidence and Compassion. This year I will be taking Track 5. If you are planning on attending, drop me a line! You can follow Faith’s tweets about the … Continue reading »
This is My Bible – James MacDonald
James MacDonald had a very encouraging post which I’ve copied below about Bible study. I hope you enjoy it as well. We need God’s Word in our hearts, minds, and lives every day. Why? Here’s a resource that I have shared with our church family. I hope it’s helpful to you as we start 2010. … Continue reading »
Sermon Slices – 1.3.10
One of my goals for Grace Dependent in 2010 is to give some additional thought from the sermons that are given at Calvary Baptist Church each week. Today Pastor Rick began our series in James with a survey of the epistle. Here are some thoughts that came out of my notes from the sermon: Employ … Continue reading »
Personal Study: 2010 goals
I’ve spent several hours mulling over what I should study personally from God’s Word and other resources for 2010. Perhaps the biggest challenge for me in 2010 will be to give 10% of my time throughout every day in personal study and reflection. It’s a challenge I’m imposing on myself because I feel the pull … Continue reading »
Grace Dependent Blog: 2010
I have spent the last several weeks contemplating the future of Grace Dependent. I was challenged by the posts of Abraham Piper, Justin Taylor and Tim Challies on how I use the internet in ministry. When gathered together, these thoughts & suggestions seemed to point me in a direction to become very focused in how … Continue reading »
Who came and went at Grace Dependent 2009
Grace Dependent made a splash, albeit small, in the blogosphere in 2009. Here are the Top Referrers to this site, Top Posts of 2009, Top Engine Searches that brought you here, and the Top Click Throughs to other sites. If you have not yet visited the sites linke below, please take time to do so. … Continue reading »
Biblical Soul Care
Twelve Stones is a wonderful counseling ministry that I was first exposed to about 5 years ago. Since that time, I have sat under Dr. Garrett Higbee’s lectures in my own biblical counseling training. It was a pleasant surprise to receive a newsletter from Twelve Stones introducing “Biblical Soul Care“. It is an 18 part … Continue reading »
Walk in the Word: James MacDonald – two weeks of free mp3 downloads!
James MacDonald of Walk in the Word and Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, IL has had a profound impact on me and my ministry ever since I first heard him on the radio 7 years ago. Currently he is the only podcast I have on my iPod. Walk in the Word ministries has impacted … Continue reading »
A Link & Update: Worship Music
A Link: Indelible Grace Music. In a day and age when the church struggles so greatly with music, Indelible Grace Music is making wonderful strides to lead us in worship. Their desire: “Our hope is to help the church recover the tradition of putting old hymns to new music for each generation, and to enrich … Continue reading »
