Biblical Counseling

[One of the unusual features of living in a tourist town is its various attractions such as parks, rides, shows, and museums. Earlier this year a unique exhibit opened here in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee–The Titanic Museum. Here is a photo I took after we went through the ship/museum’s tour: Near the end of the Titanic…

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” (Matt. 7:7,8). Does God always answer prayer? Your personal experience may prompt you to reply,…

I was born in Casablanca, Morocco in a very conservative Jewish family and at a young age was instructed in reading and writing Hebrew and the rudiments of the faith of my fathers. I was educated in a secular French language school. That education exposed me to rationalism and liberalism. Throughout my childhood, my father…

“Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance.” Psalm 42:5 [As you go deeper with God, you may be thinking…] But, am I not where I was before, only more aware of it?…

How God Spells Relief Some of the specific patterns of flesh that the Lord gave me victory over were the fear of rejection and the fear of man. Up until this time, I had not fully relied on God’s love for me and had depended too much on human love. I tried to win this…

“I nave been crucified witn Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 (NIV) The Christian life is an exchanged life: Jesus’ life for your life.…

[This historic letter to his sister contains a personal testimony from the great missionary to China. Hudson Taylor described his spiritual breakthrough as “The Exchanged Life.”] So many thanks for your dear, long letter…. I do not think you have written me such a letter since our return to China. I know it is with…

A Testimony by Bob and Joy Burney [“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry … And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus… Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to…

“But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves” (James 1:22) This is one of the most critical verses in James chapter one for the believer to understand. It is often used by legalistic preachers in order to manipulate listeners to perform church busy work. Notice that James focuses on “being” rather…

On October 25 2009 a huge rock slide closed all four lanes of an expressway that links eastern Tennessee with western North Carolina. Our family has used this road many times, noticing the jagged rock cliffs on the northern side of the highway. In December, friends visiting Asheville, N.C. from Alaska were hindered from traveling…