by Mark Shaw | May 9, 2009 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark, Truth in Love Staff
Proverbs 27:5 says: “Better is open rebuke than hidden love.” (ESV) One of the Puritans, Richard Baxter, wrote about the pride of mankind that hinders spiritual growth: “We are so tender, that a man can scarcely touch us but we are hurt; and so...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 29, 2009 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
The least read book in the U.S.A. is NOT the Bible – it’s your car’s instruction manual. Very few people read that book. Crisp, fresh, unmarked, and clean is how you’ll find this manual in most cars. But guess when people do read it? When their...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 15, 2009 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
Someone recently congratulated me for, “completing a successful year in your business.” Even though it was meant as an encouragement, it is wrong on two counts. First, we are NOT a business. We’re a ministry. Plain and simple. We do not operate to...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 11, 2009 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
Thank you all for standing with us for the Bible as sufficient to help us change into the image of Christ! What is counseling but an opportunity to offer people an evaluation of their thinking, speaking, and acting in order to bring about change? That’s simply...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 2, 2009 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
Thomas Oden wrote that our job is “to lead back the wandering sheep and to cure that which is wounded by the serpent” (Classical Pastoral Care, vol. 3, Baker Publishing, p. 57). This is PRECISELY what our ministry is all about: helping hurting, wandering...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 2, 2009 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
One of the things I strongly dislike about counseling teens and youths is the parents! Typically, we meet with the parents FIRST before meeting with the child. In most cases, the child is a product of the lack of parenting or poor parenting of mom and dad. It’s...
