Truth & Love Blog
How to Empathize with Your Friends
You will be empathetic with others to the degree that you are facing your struggles face-to-face with God.
Developing the Biblical Counseling Skill of Empathy
Sometimes we think that because the world uses a word like “empathy,” therefore, we can’t use that word in biblical counseling. However, many biblical passages urge rich soul empathizing.
5 Top Blog Posts of the Week: 5 to Live By
5 top Christian blog posts of the week—suffering, small groups, church planting, parenting, book banning, and more.
Heaven Is for Real…But the Preaching and Pastoral Care Were Not
I will reflect on the movie’s depiction of: The Pastor as a Person, The Pastor as a Preacher, and The Pastor as a Pastoral Care Giver
Easter, Jesus’ Death on the Cross, and the Old Testament
Hebrews 8-10 tell us that the Old Testament sanctuary sacrificial system pictures and foreshadows Christ’s perfect sacrifice for us. Picture with me what Old Testament believer’s experience as they journey to and into the sanctuary of God—the temple of God—and how it points us to the cross.
5 Top Easter Blog Posts of the Week: 5 to Live By
5 top Christian blog posts of the week—this week we focus on blogs related to Good Friday and Easter.
REST
“Let’s get some ‘rest’ by having a meeting.” Normally, we would never make that statement, would we? “Rest” and “meetings” can and should go hand-in-hand. Learn how.
7 Sermons on the Psalms: Free 75-Page PDF
How easy or hard is it for you to have an honest conversation with God?
5 Christlike Criteria for When We Express Our Feelings to Others
In Mark 3:5, Jesus modeled a cardinal principle of emotional maturity when he purposely expressed his feelings to others in order to minister to them.
4 Principles for Handling Our Emotions Maturely
When an emotion comes, what do I do with it?