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“as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death” Philippians 1:20 For the past two months I have been struggling with a problem in my sinuses. I […]

I am very non-confrontational. And over the past few years I’ve determined that is mostly fear of man. God’s Word has challenged me that I must love people more than I fear them or risk being a poor shepherd and counselor. It has taken me many years of ministry to learn how to confront, admonish, […]

Dr John Street posted this on the Master’s Seminary Blog August 13, 2019. Not knowing how long it will be available, I have reposted it below in it’s entirety. You’re not going to find the word addiction in your Bible. The word comes from a Latin term which means a hopeless dependence. But what does […]

A couple non-original thoughts on Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend From a colleague Lee Walti, Though I’ve never read the book thoroughly, I have skimmed through it. I was curious because it spread like a wild fire through many large Christian ministries like Crusade and others. The biggest problem with this type of […]

So, What is Abuse? The counselor cannot assume that a counselee is suffering actual injustice simply because the counselee presents with such a complaint. The topic is also difficult because the definition of abuse is so subjective. And, over the past few years the perimeters that have fenced in the definition have expanded from physical […]