This gospel that we must encourage our counselees to appropriate is not just a collection of doctoral truth or personal benefits. It is not a magical buzzword that must being dropped incessantly in our conversation...

If spiritual formation is the purpose of the church, then personal transformation should intentionally be the purpose of the small group ministry. Bible study is great. Fellowship is wonderful. Evangelism is essential. But changing and...

When we worry, we are telling God, “You are neither trustworthy nor in control, so I need to worry and scheme as I take matters into my own hands.” In this way unbelief drives worry,...

I’ve never seen anyone since who killed so many people.

The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are aware that you are not God.

You can’t teach a person to love something. But you can get him to feel the heat of your love for something.

The marquee scrolling across our minds trying to reinterpret life reads: “God-Against-Us.” This becomes the dominant lens through which our flesh interprets life. We no longer give our loving Father the benefit of the doubt....

Small groups are the place to push past Bible knowledge and on to life application so that we can see people’s lives transform more and more into the image of Christ.

A rebellion against God, even as believers, is fueled by the toxic fumes of unbelief.

We decided that we would take a step back and look at our different options.

The entity God created to traffic His transcendence has fallen far from its mission when it chooses instead to traffic what can be found on any street corner or at the local mall. You may...

At the end of life, each of us must answer the question, Whose story captured my soul?