Recently, someone heard a “Christian therapist” say on a national radio show that the church is not equipped to deal with the “blended family issues” that he “specializes” in “treating” – on an on – which is essentially why churches need to hire him and his services! Ugh! In contrast, I want to be clear. The…
Paul David Tripp coined the phrase “personal ministry” for biblical counseling which is really discipleship (Matt. 28:18-20). You have the pulpit ministry in churches. You have small groups. AND now you can have “personal ministry” which is what we champion at TIL in teams of two. We want to get people involved in the lives…
Recently, I heard a discussion between 2 of my mentors about biblical counseling. I think they missed the heart of the issue when discussing biblical counseling as a “special calling.” Biblical counseling is NOT a special calling. Nowhere in the Bible is it found in there as a special calling. In fact, I would argue that…
I remember hearing that phrase long ago and now it makes sense to me: firsthand! I have been finding out that several churches are implementing a Truth in Love model of counseling – even a few in our local area! How cool is it that churches would imitate this little ministry’s essential concepts of glorifying God, discipling believers,…
Some of you may not get the joke but some of you will – I can imagine someone saying to me: “Mark is finally admitting he is in recovery after neck surgery!” One of the heartbeats of our ministry is that Christ “transforms” us from “addict/idolater” to “new creation in Christ.” It’s NOT merely a…
Job 1:21 And he said,”Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” What do we enter this world with? Nothing. We are born helpless, totally dependent upon the Lord and others for EVERYTHING as helpless…
I read a blog recently that someone said somthing like this: “We don’t want to scare anyone away from God with too much truth.” What? How can you “scare” someone away from God who is ALREADY away from God in the first place? All people are born lost and bound for hell. Everyone according to…
When will the madness stop? Our culture in America is so psychologized that even wearing deodorant can meet our “emotional needs”!!! On one of our deodorant packages, it says (this is true): “Extra Responsive in Emotional Moments”* *releasing sweat They have an * and then the “releasing sweat” comment below their claim of extra responsiveness…
People today look to the latest book, the latest trend, and the latest program to solve problems. But God tells us to look to Christ. He alone is the answer. Christianity is not a program. It’s a relational process of knowing God, being discipled by others, then discipling others, and then sharing the Gospel with…
Read this article from WORLD magazine: http://www.worldmag.com/articles/16573 This article articulates well the problem of “overdiagnosing” that is ALREADY occurring in our culture today. It’s already happening and this new DSM version will only make it worse than it is now! It is an epidemic in our country because EVERYONE struggles with some sin issue and…
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