- Smalltalk is Counsel
When I use the word counseling I don’t mean a Ph.D. in psychotherapy in an office. I mean the way the Bible talks about counseling, which is the effect of the tongue, and …
- No Neutrality in Words
Some words are destructive, misleading, unnourishing (Eph. 4:29a); others are constructive, timely, true, loving, grace-giving (Eph. 4:15, 29b). None are neutral.
- The From... Too.. Movement of the Christian Life
The central dynamic of the Christian life has this FROM… TO… movement. ‘Repentance is not merely the start of the Christian life; it is the Christian life,’ wrote Joel …
- Powlison on Discipleship
Discipleship does the hard work of kneading what is true into how we actually live.
- Good Counseling is Wise Love
Wise counseling is essentially a way of loving another person well. It is a way of speaking what is true and constructive into this person’s life right now. Good …
- Authority of Feelings
We invest our feelings with authority because we’re fools.
- Small Talk and the Heart
Something as innocuous, as seemingly meaningless, careless, casual as small talk, when you take it apart, bears a freight of profound messages that every word you say and …
- Renewing in the Image of Jesus
God does not accept me just as I am; he loves me despite how I am. He loves me just as Jesus is; he loves me enough to devote my life to renewing me in the image of …