By God’s grace I’ve had the privilege of being a biblical counselor for over 20 years, and I want to share six things the Lord has taught me along the way. All Christians are biblical counselors. Is it possible to study counseling as an occupation, be certified, and...
I didn’t full appreciate the importance of parental influence until I moved to the Northwoods of Wisconsin and started working at Victory Academy for Boys. When I was there, I ministered to teens in crisis, and every family that sent their boy to our school had one...
I’ve been podcasting for nearly 10 years, and one of my podcasts is called Truth.Love.Parent. Early on, the tagline for the show was “we're dedicated to helping you become an intentional, premeditated parent.” When I asked my wife what she thought of that sentence,...
When discussing secular psychiatry, honest participants will acknowledge that we all tend to speak far too concretely about topics on which we have little to no consensus. For example, in an article written in 2003 for the National Institute of Health entitled “The...
Back when I used to teach sixth grade in a Christian school outside of Chicago, one of my fellow elementary professors broke the news to me like this, she said: “All of your students have to give a valentine to everyone else in the class.” Even now, all these years...
If tomorrow it were proven with 100% surety that God doesn’t exist and that the Bible is completely false, and you stopped believing in Him entirely, what would change in your life? One day as I was reflecting on the various implications of finding that what you...
Matthew 5:33-37 (ESV): 33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ 34 But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35 or by...
Text 21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to...
What must a child of God consider when it comes to glorifying Him with a day of rest? By way or introduction, here are 4 conclusions with which God's people can agree. 1. God does not command New Testament Christians to observe Old Testament Sabbaths. Old Testament...
Please don’t read this article thinking you know what I’m going to say. Set aside your tradition and biases, and let’s approach God’s Word together for the purpose of answering a crucial question. There are those who believe that Christians are sinning if they don’t...