While marriage can be difficult, being married to a non-Christian can be doubly difficult. But God can help you. Regardless of how you formed your spiritually-mixed marriage, you now face an array of daily spiritual dangers as a Christian. Consider seven temptations you uniquely meet in your marriage. Continue Reading →
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When disease wracks your body or pain doesn’t relent, what hope do you have? Must you settle for wishful thinking, paltry platitudes, or mere survival? Caring physicians offer medical help, but is that enough? Where can you, as a Christian, find real hope? Thankfully, God’s Word delivers a deeper hope—a Christ-centered hope not dependent on improved health or physical relief. Let’s first hear Paul’s testimony and then unpack three hope-giving guarantees. Continue Reading →
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Notes Our session is on rebuilding a marriage after betrayal. Our focus in terms of a case topic will be adultery, but I want to be able to say that the principles we’re going to talk about apply to all sorts of betrayal. We’ll try to give a couple of…
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Biblical counselors know that effective ministry requires answering difficult questions with precise biblical wisdom. How will you best answer them? How can you more skillfully and confidently “handle the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15)—that God-breathed, authoritative, sufficient Bible you hold in your hand and rely on to counsel (2 Tim. 3:16-17)? Here’s one answer: pursue a degree (or an advanced degree) in biblical counseling at a college or seminary. Continue Reading →
Read MoreWithin the marital union, God has assigned distinct roles for husbands and wives. God calls husbands to love and lead their wives in Christlike ways. While God also calls wives to love their husbands, He particularly calls them to submit to their husbands. What takes place when the latter doesn’t happen? What help might we as counselors provide for husbands living with insubmissive wives? Consider five lines of biblical counsel. Continue Reading →
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