Category: Critical Thinking
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The Hospitable Counselor
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As biblical counselors, we don’t often think of our counseling as a ministry of hospitality, but it’s a defining characteristic! We have the unique privilege and role of welcoming strangers and the estranged into friendship with the Lord, a costly yet joyful ministry…Continue reading at the Biblical Counseling Coalition.
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Steadfastness in 2024
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“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.” 2 Peter 1:5-7 At the outset of the year, setting…
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Why Do You Do What You Do
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I originally wrote this post in 2010. I’m republishing it because it’s a pertinent topic that I hope will gain more traction in conversations among Christians! I want to be consistent across the board. If all of Christ is for all of life, I want to see Christ glorified in…
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Great Is Our Lord (Psalm 147:5)
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“Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure” (Psalm 147:5). Lord, when I read this verse, I’m confronted with reality. The question is, how will I respond? Will I believe it or reject it? When I look at the earthly powers that be,…
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Becoming Elisabeth Elliot: A Book Review
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I thought I knew Elisabeth Elliot well. I’ve read many of her books and have listened to her talks, enough to think I had a handle on her life experiences, her personality, her struggles, and even quirks. But I could not put down Ellen Vaughn’s biography, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot. …
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Exercising Self-Control on Social Media
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I wonder how often you’ve experienced a strong emotion rise up in you, compelling you to speak out about something you’ve just heard or read? Something has been said (or written) that just gets to us, and we feel that we must say something about it. Now. Yes, something wrong…
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2019 Reflection: Themes I Observed
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The turn of the year came fairly quickly for me, without much reflection over the past year. I had a purposeful reset in August, so the need to clear out time and set goals for the new year didn’t make my priority list. I decided that December is my favorite…
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The Heart of Conviction
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Our pastor is preaching through Ephesians, and I’ve been reminded of how valuable it is to be part of a diverse body of believers. And by diverse, I primarily mean that we don’t all look, talk, act, or live the exact same way. We have differences, in Christ. It’s a…
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Are You a Leader?
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When you think of the role of a leader, who or what comes to mind? A mesmerizing orator, a teacher with a charismatic personality, or maybe even a woman with a large social media platform? Other people, but certainly not you? If so, I want to challenge your ideas of…
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Resource Roundup – 2/22/19
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How Does She Do It? (The Making of an Atypical Woman) – “He takes a typical Christian woman, simply plodding along in seasons that span decades, and bit by bit he transforms her into something as atypical as they come. He makes her his — “from one degree of glory…