Truth & Love Blog
Want to Change Lives?
God wants us to be like Ed Sullivan—a host who calls others to center stage by equipping them to fulfill their calling. If Christian leaders—lay or pastoral—focus on equipping, then we leave an other-centered legacy of loving leaders.
The Radical Disciple: Some Neglected Aspects of Our Calling
Despite its brevity (a mere 100 pages of text), John Stott considers The Radical Disciple something of his opus. After decades of pastoral ministry and writing, he desires to encapsulate what it means to be a thoroughly devoted follower of Christ.
The Ugliness of Self-Beautification
We follow foolish mindsets fanned into flame by Satan and his lying narratives about God as a shalt-not God.
What’s On Your Christian Ministry Bucket List?
“With the time that I have left in life, what ministry for others, that I’ve yet to be able to share, do I believe God is leading me to offer?”
Augusta State U. to Counseling Student: Change Your Christian Beliefs or Get Out
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed suit against Augusta State University Wednesday on behalf of a counseling student told that her Christian beliefs are unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views of the counseling profession.
Court Upholds Expulsion of Counseling Student Who Opposes Homosexuality
Todd Starnes of Fox News reports that a federal judge has ruled in favor of Eastern Michigan University’s removal of a Christian student, Julea Ward, from its graduate program in school counseling over her belief that homosexuality is morally wrong.
What Others Are Saying about God’s Healing for Life’s Losses
Two dozen book reviewers are blogging their thoughts on my latest book God’s Healing for Life’s Losses. Below, you’ll find a link to each review, the name of their blog, plus a brief snippet of their review. Post a comment on one of their blogs by August 1, for a chance to win a free copy.
Returning Home to Father
The following material is taken from Soul Physicians. Today you’re reading Part Four in a series on putting off the old me and putting on the new me in Christ. Read Part One, How to Break the Stranglehold of Strongholds. Read Part Two, Christian: Do You Know Who You Are? Read Part Three, Returning to My First Love.
When Life Is Hard: Book Review
When Life Is Hard shares a refreshingly candid and challenging message that teaches Christians not only why God allows suffering, but also what God wants us to do with our suffering.
Returning to My First Love
Satan’s strategy is to belittle Christ’s glory and then to exalt himself, all in the sick hope of causing us to be unfaithful to Christ. He attempts to tempt us with foolish mindsets about God so he can allure us toward false lovers of the soul. Satan shrinks Christ so that we end up with a Lover so small that we fail to relentlessly worship and adore Him and we fail to see Christ as uniquely and supremely worthy.
