Good morning from the West Coast. I’m speaking in Medford, Oregon this weekend and am glad to be here a couple of days early to enjoy the beauty of nature.
Be sure to consider Tim Chester’s Enjoying God and Enjoying Jesus in today’s Kindle deals. There are lots of other good picks as well.
(Yesterday on the blog: Can Christians Watch “House of David?”)
God’s Surprising Wisdom in Waiting
Dave Harvey takes some time to praise God for his wisdom in making us wait. “While the lack of perceivable progress towards your dreams might frustrate you, God remains undisturbed. He is smoothing you out in the riverbed of his activity, refining you with every bump and scratch. And amazingly, every wave carries purpose.”
Biblical Counseling Isn’t Therapy
Casey draws an important distinction between biblical counseling and therapy. “I’m a pastor and biblical counselor. I am not a therapist. However, I’m often mistaken for a therapist. I sometimes get the sense that struggling Christians set up meetings expecting to achieve therapy-informed outcomes. They hear ‘biblical counseling’ but think ‘talk therapy based on the Bible’.”
A Sham Trial: Reviewing ‘The Sin of
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