The ongoing conversation of my reading in Jerry Bridges’ book: The Discipline of Grace. Read part one, part two, part three. What does it mean to die to sin? Do we understand this concept? We, as believers, must understand that the death of Christ secured for us not only freedom from the penalty of sin, … Continue reading »
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Soul Physicians: The Beautiful Bride (ch.10, pt.1)
Part one of two glances at chapter 10 of Dr. Bob Kellemen’s Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction. We introduced the idea of imago Dei in our look at chapter nine of Soul Physicians. Today we will reflect on the fact that as we counsel those around us, we must look … Continue reading »
Soul Physicians: The Battle for our Soul (ch.7)
Part 7 of a series of reviews of Dr. Bob Kellemen’s counseling resource: Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction. In part 5 of this series we saw God for who He is; in part 6 we saw Satan for the seducer he is. Today we examine the battle for our soul … Continue reading »
Whiter than Snow – Paul Tripp – excerpt
Each evening before I close my eyes in sleep I read a ‘chapter’ in Paul Tripp’s Whiter Than Snow work on Psalm 51. I cannot encourage you strongly enough to pick up this devotional, poetic series of challenges based on this wonderful chapter by David. Last night, in the contemplation of verse 3 (…For I … Continue reading »
John the Apostle & John Piper: on Assurance of faith
In my personal Bible study I am going through, slowly, the first epistle of John. Today I wrapped up chapter 3. I was struck by the clarity for having assurance that I am a child of God. It is spelled clearly and repeatedly. Here is how chapter 3 says we know we are children of … Continue reading »
Whiter Than Snow: meditations on sin and mercy (Paul Tripp)
I picked up a copy of Tripp‘s book entitled, Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin and Mercy a couple weeks ago at FBC’s Biblical Counseling Training Conference. This work is devotional in nature and works through Psalm 51. It is excellent and highly recommended. Here is a quote from Tripp as he examines verse 5, … Continue reading »
A Link & Update
A Link: Unashamed Workman has a great video clip under his latest post entitled, “A Little Friday Fun“. It features Alistair Begg answering some “difficult” questions. Also seen are James MacDonald – it all took place backstage at the Preach the Word conference. An Update: Last week I was at Faith Baptist‘s Biblical Counseling Training … Continue reading »
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
I picked up a copy of this book edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor. It is actually the transcripts of several talks by well-known preachers / speakers that were given at the 2005 Desiring God National Conference entitled, “Suffering and the Sovereignty of God”. I anticipate blogging my thoughts on each “chapter”. I was … Continue reading »
Books to fit into the reading schedule – 2009
Here are some other titles I would like to get read this year. I don’t know that I will get them all read, but they certainly would prove to be beneficial: Critical Stages of Biblical Counseling by Jay Adams How to Help People Change by Jay Adams Trusting God by Jerry Bridges Down, But Not … Continue reading »
Biblical Counseling Conference: Thursday, Day 4
Today I left a message on the message board in the lobby of Faith Baptist Church publicizing this blog – and WordPress suffered a meltdown. God is sovereign! What is he teaching me through this? My blog’s appearance was totally disjointed and I found out many others were as well. I’m happy to see things … Continue reading »
