Shepherding Saturday
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As a brief review, we have been examining the framework given to us in Jeremiah 17:5-13 for analyzing problems biblically. Ever problem has a root issue residing in the person’s posture towards God. We also discovered that the root issue will produce good fruit or bad fruit in that person’s life that is easily visible.
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You might ask, “what if the person who comes to me for counsel has a medical or a psychological diagnosis?” First, make sure to understand and affirm that God created us with both a body and a soul, thus it is wise for shepherds to encourage regular medical care. The “two aspects of our nature
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As shepherds we have been called to address all sorts of problems. Like the shepherds of Israel in Ezekiel 34 we have been called deal with the problems in God’s flock. We must deal with God’s sheep, as imperfect and problematic as they are. Sometimes we must strengthen the weak, at other times we heal
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For a number of years, Redeemer Biblical Counseling Training Institute (RBCTI) has asked me to be one of their instructors training prospective counselors for the Association of Certified Biblical Counselor’s exam. This January, I had the privilege of teaching a course that teaches biblical counselors a basic approach to help people with problems. In an
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Obama Signs Order Lifting Restrictions on Stem Cell Research Funding – First 100 Days of Presidency – Politics FOXNews.com http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/09/obama-lift-restrictions-stem-cell-research-funding/ Screen clipping taken: 3/10/2009, 5:33 AM As I read the quote above this morning I found myself taken aback at the recklessness of the president’s thinking on this issue. As I see it there are
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For a few months now I have considered beginning a blog. Just a few years ago a blog was not something that I even knew about. Yet as I entered into the full time pastoral ministry in September I read and heard more and more about pastors having blogs to share their thoughts with