Posted by Jimmy Adkins | Jul 29, 2019 | Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
A student had a eureka moment. Key to care and counsel, he wrote, is listening. His words warmed my instructor’s heart. He was not saying, only listen. Instead, he gave listening a place of prominence in daily life. I know another man who was a pastor. He asked his wife the same question every year: […]
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Posted by Jimmy Adkins | Jul 17, 2019 | Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
Faith can have different meanings. We who follow Jesus Christ are called people of faith. This faith is something you either have or don’t have: you put your faith and trust in Jesus, or you don’t. Yet there is more. Faith is also a gift from God that can grow. You can have weak or […]
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Posted by Jimmy Adkins | Jul 9, 2019 | Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
Augustine tried to cast his cares on the Lord (1 Peter 5:6–7), and it didn’t work. That happens all the time with us as well. We ask Jesus to take away our miseries, worries, and despair and nothing happens, so we move on to other strategies. Augustine, however, learned that the problem was with him. […]
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Posted by Jimmy Adkins | Jul 1, 2019 | Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
In one week, our CCEF family experienced the birth of Anne Pettit’s second son on a Thursday, David Powlison’s death on a Friday, and Megan Krimmel’s wedding that Sunday. Our concern was that while we knew it was time to mourn, and we could do that effortlessly, would we also know it was time to […]
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Posted by Jimmy Adkins | Jun 4, 2019 | Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
David Powlison was invited to give the closing comments at the Westminster Graduation Ceremony on May 23, 2019. He was unable to attend personally but CCEF’s Dean of Faculty, Mike Emlet read the following on David’s behalf: I grieve not to be with you this afternoon. I very much looked forward to walking with you, […]
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