by Mark Shaw | Jan 2, 2009 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark, Truth in Love Staff
Let this encourage you: Saving souls is not about you alone. Your job is to spread the seed of the Gospel and watch the Holy Spirit move in hearts to cause them to turn to Christ as Savior. I think sometimes we get caught up in the “extras” and forget that...
by Mark Shaw | Dec 16, 2008 | Biblical Counseling
I love being a Christian because we can “put on” a new way to be human which is to be like Christ Jesus (Eph. 4:24)! What a blessing to be able to approach the problems, struggles, and temptations of life like the Master! This only comes by the power of...
by Mark Shaw | Dec 13, 2008 | Biblical Counseling, Truth in Love Staff
Is gambling cute or “innocent fun”? Look at what was happening at the foot of the Cross while Jesus is giving His life for these very sins in John 19:23-24: “When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four...
by Mark Shaw | Dec 13, 2008 | Biblical Counseling, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
One aspect of biblical counseling that I love is that we are NOT dispensing damaging and harmful labels on people with NO hope for change. Nowadays, a rebellious-acting child who sees a psychiatrist is given the label of O.D.D. – Oppositional Defiance Disorder....
by Mark Shaw | Dec 7, 2008 | Biblical Counseling
Jason’s post below has it just right. Satan is the first being to ever ask a question. Satan’s counsel is to question God. Satan questions His character and trustworthiness. I hope through the trials of life you are learning that God can be trusted....
