Posted by Jimmy Adkins | Oct 23, 2019 | Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
“They just use the Bible.” I have heard people say that about biblical counseling. I wouldn’t think about the comment except for two things. One, this is not a pat on the back; the word just gives that away. If I heard “they use the Bible,” I would be encouraged and keep at it, but […]
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Posted by Jimmy Adkins | Oct 3, 2019 | Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
Lately I’ve been reading in the Psalms of Ascent. These are the songs sung by the Israelites as they journeyed to Jerusalem for their annual feasts. This morning I lingered over Psalm 123: To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! Behold, as the eyes of servants look […]
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Posted by Jimmy Adkins | Sep 25, 2019 | Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
This is part 2 of a 2 part series: Part 1 In the first blog, we looked at the damage done to wives whose husbands use Scripture to control and criticize them. This second installment focuses on how to help. Spiritual abuse occurs when an oppressor establishes control and domination by using Scripture, doctrine, or […]
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Posted by Jimmy Adkins | Sep 18, 2019 | Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
This is part 1 of a 2 part series: Part 2 I often sit with wives whose husbands have used Scripture as a weapon to control them. Beth was one such woman. When I asked her how her husband, Joe, prays for her, she shared the most recent example. “Last week, he prayed Matthew 6:24 over […]
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Posted by Jimmy Adkins | Aug 16, 2019 | Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
Here are two prominent spiritual skills: live now, in today, rather than tomorrow live in tomorrow rather than in gut reactions and unexamined decisions today. The first is a familiar rule for anxiety. We live in the grace that God gives us for right now, and we trust our Heavenly Father to worry about tomorrow […]
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