Posted by Pat Quinn | Feb 26, 2020 | Biblical Counseling Coalition (BCC) |
The default mode of people facing sin and failure is religious self-improvement. While this is understandable, it is also futile. What we need is not to become better but to be made new. Paul proclaims four “news” of the gospel in 2 Corinthians 5:14-21. Continue Reading →
Read MorePosted by Pat Quinn | Oct 28, 2019 | Biblical Counseling Coalition (BCC) |
Lots of good conversations happen around the water cooler in our office area at University Reformed Church. Recently, I had a conversation with one of our pastors about premarital counseling. It was a quick conversation in which he said he’d like me to look over a plan for premarital counseling that two members of the congregation had developed. I walked away to go do some reading but got hooked on the question, “If I were creating a curriculum for premarital counseling, what would be the foundational biblical truths about marriage I would want to communicate to the prospective couples?” I started reflecting and writing in my journaling Bible. Here are the four big questions I reflected on. Continue Reading →
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