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Book Review of The Whole Life: 52 Weeks of Biblical Self-Care by Eliza Huie and Esther Smith

Book Review of The Whole Life: 52 Weeks of Biblical Self-Care by Eliza Huie and Esther Smith

Posted by | Aug 23, 2022 | |

“Is your life overscheduled? Is your health telling you to take a break? Are you stressed or exhausted but feel guilty slowing down?” (p. 1) How would you respond to these questions? Biblical counselors, along with disciple-makers and pastors, care about living well. We can spend hours upon hours each week devoted to helping others live according to God’s wisdom as revealed in His Word. But, many times, it is tempting for counselors to spend all their energy and efforts on helping others to live well. Continue Reading →

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Book Review of Pure In Heart by Garrett Kell

Book Review of Pure In Heart by Garrett Kell

Posted by | Jul 12, 2022 | |

Garrett Kell is a pastor at Del Ray Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Garrett and his wife, Carrie, have six children. Many people know Kell from his involvement with 9Marks and previous connections to Capitol Hill Baptist Church with cameos at TGC and T4G. If you know of Garrett, you most likely know him as the pastor once hooked on porn. Continue Reading →

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Book Review of The Gospel for Disordered Lives: An Introduction to Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling by Robert D. Jones, Kristin L. Kellen, and Rob Green

Book Review of The Gospel for Disordered Lives: An Introduction to Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling by Robert D. Jones, Kristin L. Kellen, and Rob Green

Posted by | Mar 1, 2022 | |

The publication of The Gospel for Disordered Lives marks a decisive moment in the biblical counseling movement, as it is the first introductory textbook for biblical counseling. In this textbook, three biblical counseling scholars provide a framework for the theory and practice of biblical counseling. Continue Reading →

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Book Review of When Home Hurts: A Guide for Responding Wisely to Domestic Abuse in Your Church by Jeremy Pierre and Greg Wilson

Book Review of When Home Hurts: A Guide for Responding Wisely to Domestic Abuse in Your Church by Jeremy Pierre and Greg Wilson

Posted by | Nov 30, 2021 | |

It was a story that sounded like any other—a young woman falls in love, elopes, and runs off to start a new life with her husband. In the process of forming this new family unit, the woman’s previous family lost contact with their daughter and sister for a few years. Two years later, that silence was broken with the startling cry of emergency—this sister and daughter was in the hospital with a ruptured spleen. The story came out that the young couple had been mountain biking together, and the young woman had fallen down a hill. Except that wasn’t the story. Continue Reading →

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Review of Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make by Paul David Tripp

Review of Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make by Paul David Tripp

Posted by | Oct 19, 2021 | |

“What did you expect?” An unfortunate dynamic occurs in many relationships—especially in dating, engagement, and marriage: the dynamic of expectations. Expectations are often unspoken assumptions and unconscious desires, hopes, and dreams concerning others and circumstances in the future. It is hard for a recently engaged couple to avoid dreaming about the future and begin imagining life after marriage. But here is the difficulty about expectations—you do not know you have them until they are broken or not fulfilled. Continue Reading →

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