One of the most powerful practices we can participate in to prepare our hearts for Good Friday and Easter is to reflect on the 7 Last Words of Christ on the Cross. I’ve arranged them below chronologically, as Jesus spoke them. We can allow each word, each sentence,...
Dr. Bob “Doc” Smith, passed away this week. Because he was a humble man, many do not know him. Yet, he was one of the early leaders in the emerging biblical counseling movement in the 1970s. Dr. Steve Viars, Sr. Pastor at Faith Church in Lafayette, Indiana, where Doc...
The days between Palm Sunday and Easter are variously called Holy Week, Passion Week, and Easter Week. I’ve used three sources to collate this brief chronological, scriptural outline of events for Easter Week: The Four Gospels The Final Days of Jesus: The Most...
Martin Luther always pointed people to the Word of God as their ultimate hope and primary help in suffering, sin, and sanctification. The Scriptures, for Luther, are sufficient to comfort the suffering and to promote the sanctification of the saints. The Sufficiency...
One of the “adages” or sayings or principles in biblical counseling is, “only counsel the person in the room.” For example, if you’re counseling a husband and he’s focused on all the ways his wife has failed him, a biblical counselor might say: “While we’re sorry for...
