5 top Christian blog posts of the week—posts on our suffering Savior, marriage counseling, parenting, and more by, Erik Raymond, J.D. Greear, Paul Tautges, and more.
By His Wounds We Are Healed
Pastor Tautges begins with these insightful words.
“Jesus was tragically wounded, but not every injury was visible. He was bruised because of our sins, but not all of his hurts could be seen. Often that is the way it is with grief. Loss is frequently an invisible wound.”
He ends with these powerful words of application.
“In the Son of God you have a man who is more than qualified to comfort you, since he is well acquainted with grief. Though he suffered unimaginable loss, he triumphed in the end. Because of Jesus’ resurrection from the grave, and ascension into heaven, you can have confident hope that all your hurts will one day be healed in heaven.”
Now read everything in-between this great start and finish in By His Wounds We Are Healed.
The Basics of Counseling Marriage Problems
You can find 100s of books and resources on marriage. But it’s more difficult to find resources on marriage counseling. Biblical counselor Julie Ganschow provides just such a resource as her post at the Biblical Counseling Coalition helps marriage counselors probe the question, :What is your main goal in marriage counseling? Is it to just solve the couple’s problems, or is it to help them grow in Christ-likeness and to glorify God in their marriage?” Learn more in The Basics of Counseling Marriage Problems.
The Parent’s Daily Commute
What’s a parent’s calling? Erik Raymond captures it in a tweet-size summary: “Parents have the privilege and priority of making the daily commute to the throne of grace for their kids.” Read The Parent’s Daily Commute to glean the rest of the story.
The Gospel Shows Us What Creation Cannot: Love
Pastor J.D. Greear develops the following point in The Gospel Shows Us What Creation Cannot: Love.
“The gospel shows us something about God that creation could never show us: Our God is a faithful, pursuing Father who wouldn’t let us go even after we rejected Him. When it came time to pour out His judgment, He poured it out first on Himself, and He will release us from our punishment if we accept that and trust it.”
Book Review of Passions of the Heart: Biblical Counseling for Stubborn Sexual Sins
Dr. John Street has just published Passions of the Heart. Reviewer Kyle Swanson begins his review with these words.
“In my years of reading and studying biblical counseling, I have found the best books are those that are immensely practical in their approach of the issues. Biblical counseling books should be characterized by a saturation of rightly-divided Scripture and practical approaches for addressing the topic at hand. It comes as no surprise that John Street has inundated his newest book with both of these crucial elements.”
To learn more about Passions of the Heart read the rest of Kyle’s review at the Biblical Counseling Coalition here.
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