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When Church Members Are in Secular Therapy

My goal in this brief article is to consider a specific pastoral question: What is a wise approach to those in your church who see a secular therapist? Since this question is part of a long and winding road, we will make a couple of stops before we arrive at an answer. The modern therapeutic […]
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Is It Sinful to Keep a Record of Wrongs?

As I listen to people recount the hurts they carry with them, many ask me, “Is it sinful to keep a record of how others have hurt me?” They are thinking about 1 Corinthians 13:5, which says, “[Love] keeps no record of wrongs.” I find this question central for abuse victims. They wonder how to […]
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Simplify in Order to Understand

One skill that is important for pastors and counselors to develop is the ability to bring together the complicated pieces of a person’s life and identify an important theme that helps simplify the chaos. Otherwise, your care for the person can be like a packed sermon that has so much information and so many points […]
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Because He Cares—for Me?

As ministry leaders, it can be easy for us to resonate with the role of being a shepherd to others but minimize the role of being sheep ourselves, can’t it? Whether you’re a pastor, campus minister, or Bible study leader, you become familiar with and skilled in feeding God’s truth to others. And yet, as […]
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