Purpose and Process

05 Apr

Our Weapons of War

OUR WEAPONS OF WAR: Question: What weapons has God given to wage our war for faith and joy? The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ...

09 Mar

Easter Hope

Easter Hope  “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” [Rom 15:4] The hope of faith…is a concrete personal expectation. Despite the “not yet” of the realization of salvation, it looks forward confidently though not without tension. However, Yahweh, for whom...

09 Mar

Problems and the Glory Of God

Problems and the Glory of God “You will call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” Ps 50:15 Why is it that God doesn’t just take us to heaven when we receive the gift of salvation? Being lifted from a fallen, sinful and painful world the moment we are saved seems so right. To be removed from the world of temptation to immediately reach our ultimate destiny seems so reasonable and divine, doesn’t...

08 Mar

You Give Them Something To Eat

 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.  When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.  As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.” ...

30 Jan

The Supremacy of Christ in Counseling

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. Col 1:15-19 “The point is this: We were made to know and treasure the glory of God above all things; and when we trade that treasure for images, everything is disordered....

29 Jan

Problems and the Glory of God

“You will call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” Ps 50:15  Why is it that God doesn’t just take us to heaven when we receive the gift of salvation? Being lifted from a fallen, sinful and painful world the moment we are saved seems so right.  To be removed from the world of temptation to immediately reach our ultimate destiny seems so reasonable...