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Free Resources on Equipping the Church to Counsel
Download free videos and written materials from the 2019 National Conference of the Canadian Biblical Counseling Coalition: Gospel Conversations: Let’s Talk Equipping the Church to Counsel
Friday 5 to Live By: 5 Top Christian Blog Posts of the Week—Enneagrams Edition
I often have people ask me, “Bob, what do you think of ‘enneagrams’?” So this week’s Friday 5 to Live By highlights posts that assess enneagrams from a Christian and biblical counseling perspective.
The Rest of the Story: Do Something Great!
When your heart breaks, turn to the suffering Shepherd and through his comfort and in his strength comfort and shepherd others also. Do something great for your great Savior by serving others.
Your Resurrected Savior Knows Your Name
It’s one thing to hear about resurrection hope. It’s quite another to personalize it. Mary experienced that as she saw the empty tomb and even saw the risen Savior! However, until she heard her name, “Mary,” she did not believe in him and receive his resurrection hope.
The Lens of the Cross
A cross-centered lens is our only hope. We must view and interpret all of life—especially our suffering—in light of Christ’s suffering on our behalf.
Good Friday Reflections: “My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?”
“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” The story of the cross does not end with God forsaking God. The cross story ends with God the Son clinging to God the Father and with the Father receiving his Son.
“Not My Will But Thine Be Done”
What do we do when grief emotionally overwhelms us? What do we do when others disappoint us by abandoning us in our grief? We learn the answer to these questions from Jesus: we cry out to God in holy need for him as our heavenly Father.
“Watch with Me”
Shared sorrow is endurable sorrow. We climb in the grief casket with each other. Jesus longed for his disciples to climb in his casket of sorrow, but they fell asleep on their watch. And it hurt Jesus.
“Man of Sorrows”
For the next three days we’ll sit at the feet of Jesus during his agony on Gethsemane. We’ll see how Jesus responded to grief, pain, and suffering in relationship to himself, others, and God.
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament, by Pastor Mark Vroegop
Pastor Mark Vroegop is a kindred spirit—to me and to all Christians who want to face grief face-to-face with Christ. In one sentence, Pastor Mark captures the heart of Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament: ‘Lament is a prayer in pain that leads to trust.’
