Truth & Love Blog
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?
Emotions: Biblical and Unbiblical Ways to Handle Our Feelings
Let’s explore several biblical contrasts between suppressing our moods and psalm-like facing of our feelings face-to-face with our God.
Emotions: Gone Bad and Mad
In our refusal to depend upon God, we pinball between two self-centered, self-sufficient emotional moods: Out-of-Control Emotional Expression and Over-Controlled Emotional Suppression.