Biblical Counseling
No Condemnation (part 2)
Fellowship [“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus…” Romans 8:1] To be “in Christ” in this sense is to have the consciousness of His favour. This is a matter, not of standing, but of experience — and yet not of feeling, but of faith. We are commanded to “abide”…
Read MoreThe Love Chapter
When the calendar reminds us of Valentine’s Day, it makes me wonder how real love can grow instead of fade. In our fickle society, “love” is misused and motives are mixed…as in this love letter lament: “Dearest Jimmy, No words could ever express the great unhappiness I’ve felt since breaking our engagement. Please say you’ll…
Read MoreHow to Discern God’s Guidance (Part 2)
1. Our first test, therefore, of the Divine authority of any voice which may seem to speak to us, must be its harmony in moral character with the mind and will of God, as revealed to us in the Gospel of Christ. Whatever is contrary to this, cannot be Divine, because God cannot contradict Himself.…
Read MoreHow to Discern God’s Guidance (Part 1)
If… your soul only needs to know the will of God in order to consent to it, then you surely cannot doubt His willingness to make His will known, and to guide you in the right paths. There are many very clear promises in reference to this. Take, for instance, John 10:3, 4: “He calleth…
Read MoreThe Vitality of Hope
While browsing a copy of Web MD magazine, I noticed an article on Hope Therapy. It was based on a clinical trial with 32 people who met two hours a week for eight weeks. The doctoral students who conducted the program measured some improvement in the participants self-esteem and sense of meaning, while anxiety and…
Read MoreChristmas Angels and the Intrigue of Redemption
Angels played a vital role in the nativity story. We sing of them in our familiar Christmas carols: Angels We Have Heard on High, Hark the Herald Angels Sing… And contemporary interpretations of “angels” show up in many Christmas decorations. In Scripture we discover that angels are actually powerful, personal, spirit messengers created and deployed…
Read MoreThe Indwelling of Christ (Part 4)
IV. DEVOTION (John 14:21, 24) The question which Judas (not Iscariot) asked the Master proves that he held a low place among the Apostles. It seems pretty certain that the groups of fours, into which the Apostles were divided, were arranged according to their spiritual nearness to the Saviour. In all the lists Judas is…
Read MoreHow Can a Little Clay Pot Reflect God’s Glory? (Part 1)
“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:17,18,…
Read MoreHow Can a Little Clay Pot Express His Glory?
“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:17,18,…
Read MoreThe Faithful God (part 3)
GOD’S FAITHFULNESS IN OUR UNBELIEF “If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful: He cannot deny Himself.” ( 2 Timothy 2:13) “When nothing whereon to lean remains, When strongholds crumble to dust,When nothing seems sure but that God still lives,This is the time to trust.” But, what if the heart can’t trust? What if the…
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