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AN MVP New Year’s Resolution

Jan 3, 2011

Almost everyone is at least tempted to make some sort of New Year’s resolution the first week of the year. Unfortunately, studies show that only a meager percentage of us follow through.

A Prayer for 2011

Dec 31, 2010

As we enter a new year, this prayer drawn from the collection of Puritan prayers in The Valley of Vision provides perspective.

The Redeemed Personality Inventory

Dec 30, 2010

This inventory is based upon your candid assessment of where you currently are in your process toward mature Christlikeness.

Five Favorite Christmas Posts This week’s best of the best: my five favorite Christmas posts from around the net. O Come All Ye Faithful Kevin DeYoung posts a beautiful, worshipful rendition of O Come All Ye Faithful. It’s a Wonderful Life? Here’s a creative post from...

Isn’t There Anyone Who Knows What Christmas Is All About?

Dec 24, 2010

A Charlie Brown Christmas includes television’s best ever two-minute answer to the question “What is Christmas all about?” as Linus recites Luke 2:8-14.

Who Is St. Nicholas?

Dec 23, 2010

The origin of the Santa Claus myth begins with the real-life Nicholas (270-346 AD), who was born during the third century in the village of Patara.

Why Jesus Is Infinitely Better Than Santa Claus

Dec 22, 2010

While Santa puts gifts under your tree … JESUS became our gift and died on the tree, for you and for me.

God Is a Rewarder, Not a Hoarder

Dec 21, 2010

When we believe that God is a Rewarder, then we understand that He lavishes His unlimited resources. We believe that He can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we think or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). And when we believe that God lavishes His unlimited resources, then we give away our resources. We don’t see others are our competitors but as our teammates and family. We live life in a sharing mode and a giving, unselfish mood and spirit.

Resources for Equipping Counselors in the Church

Dec 20, 2010

For my upcoming book Equipping Counselors for the Local Church, I invited two dozen best-practice churches to complete a 4E Ministry Training Strategy Questionnaire. As part of the questionnaire, they responded to the question, “What outside materials (books, articles, manuals, resources, videos) do you use in your biblical counseling equipping?”