There are two ways of looking at it. “At what?” At anything—or, if you prefer, at everything. “How’s that?” Pretty simple as a matter of fact. “Really?” Really. “Please explain.” Thought you’d never ask. There’s God’s way and there’s man’s way. Every issue in life can be viewed from either perspective. Indeed, we always do …
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Does it trouble you to see those that you thought were mature Christians go off the deep end in one way or another? “Yes. Is that because they never were Christians in the first place?” Sometimes, but not always. “How else does it happen?” Listen to one common way mentioned in Proverbs 19:27: My son, …
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There are problems wherever you go, so you’d better learn how to handle them. “I’d sure like to know how to.” Well, that’s one thing that biblical counseling is all about—how God tells us to solve problems. Contrary to what some people think about the Bible, it isn’t a book full of problems, it’s a …
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Are you competent to counsel? The question is not irrelevant either to pastors, elders or laymen. All believers should counsel. It’s true that, informally, this is a task of every Christian (Colossians 3:16; Romans 15:14), as he encounters a brother caught in sin (Galatians 6:1). And it is the task of an elder to formally …
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This is the year for celebrating John Calvin’s birthday (2009). I have been re-reading his letters and am amazed once again at the amount of time a busy writer, preacher, and Protestant apologist spent doing pastoral work. The letters are filled with concern for the average man on the street to whom he was ministering. …
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