by OakAdmin | Nov 11, 2022 | Counseling, Famous Writers, Integrity, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel
“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” Psalm 139:23-24 How well do you know yourself? How familiar are you with the sinful tendencies of your...
by OakAdmin | Sep 9, 2022 | Counseling, Discipline, Famous Writers, Generosity, Ministries, Outreach, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Work
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 Every follower of Jesus has a unique assignment from God – a calling. There are specific good works God...
by OakAdmin | Sep 1, 2022 | Comfort and Grief, Counseling, Discipline, Famous Writers, Integrity, Outreach, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
You can’t do it anyway. What? We shouldn’t even try to pray? Who is writing this? Well, keep reading. Prayer is a miracle. Yes, prayer connects us with the power of God who does miracles but that’s not what I mean. Prayer itself, when it happens, is a...
by OakAdmin | Jul 29, 2022 | Counseling, Integrity, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!” Psalm 51:1-2 King David was not a young man when he committed...
by OakAdmin | Mar 4, 2022 | Counseling, Discipline, Integrity, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel
“Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” Matthew 6:13 “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is...
by OakAdmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Comfort and Grief, Counseling, Disciplemaking, Discipline, Integrity, Ministries, Pain and Suffering, Scripture, Spiritual Growth
From Jay Adams to Larry Crabb, then Paul Tripp and David Powlison, Biblical counseling has grown from a small niche into a mainstream Christian ministry. Jay Adams initially called it “Nouthetic” counseling based on the Greek word for exhortation. “He is the one we...
