

What the Best College Teachers Do
Book Summary • Ken Bain, What the Best College Teachers Do (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004). Kindle Edition. 207 pp. $22.
Read time: 5 min

Never Alone: The Promise of the Holy Spirit
DEVOTION • “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you” (John 14:18).
Read time: 2 min

Hear, My Son: Teaching and Learning in Proverbs 1–9
Book Summary • Daniel Estes, Hear, My Son: Teaching and Learning in Proverbs 1–9 (Grand Rapids: InterVarsity Press, 1997). Kindle Edition. 174 pp. $12.
Read time: 5 min

Adopted by God: Embracing Our New Identity
DEVOTION • “You have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!” (Rom. 8:15).
Read time: 2 min

On Christian Doctrine
Book Summary • Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine, trans. J. F. Shaw (Aeterna Press, 2014). 175 pp. $7.
Read time: 4 min

The End of Guilt
DEVOTION • “Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me” (Jer 2:22); “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (Is 1:18).
Read time: 3 min

Part 3 – What Are We Doing Here? How the “Aims” of Biblical Counseling Differ from Secular Therapies
ARTICLE • Biblical counseling diverges from the aims of secularized therapies in multiple ways, including the desire to transform lives into the image of Jesus Christ, to bring about personal sanctification, and to relate realistically to counselees in light of the realities of both God and indwelling sin.
Read time: 7 min

Part 2 – What Are We Doing Here? How the “Content” of Biblical Counseling Differs from Secular Therapies
ARTICLE • Biblical counselors understand that solutions to life’s problems lay external to us in God’s Word and are mediated to us through Scripture-saturated, Spirit-empowered, sanctifying conversation.
Read time: 6 min

Part 1 – What Are We Doing Here? How the “Worldview” of Biblical Counseling Differs from Secular Therapies
ARTICLE • The worldview of biblical counselors differs significantly from both secular and secularized ‘Christian’ worldviews, influencing the aims that the counseling conversation should take, the diagnoses of the root causes of a counselee’s troubles and responses to trouble, and the actual counsel given.
Read time: 7 min

Lazarus & a Vital Lesson in the Love of Jesus
ARTICLE • “If Jesus really loves me, he would….” How would you complete the sentence? For Martha and Mary, the test of Jesus’ love was whether he would heal their brother, Lazarus. Jesus exposed their short-sighted assumptions by letting Lazarus die, so they could learn that Christ is no mere means to our ends in life—he is the Source and Substance of life itself.
Read time: 9 min

From Suspicion to Salvation: Understanding Jesus’ True Identity
SERMON • Who was Jesus, really? John 10:22–42 narrates Jesus’ unequivocal claims to deity as the Good Shepherd, as the Giver of eternal life, and as God the Son. Listen in to better grasp how Jesus affirmed his true identity while averting an angry mob intent on killing him for blasphemy.
49 min

Mixtures of ‘Smoke and Light’
DEVOTION • “A smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory” (Matthew 12:20).
Read time: 3 min

Coram Deo: Moment by Moment Before the Face of God
DEVOTION • “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer” (Psalm 19:14).
Read time: 2 min

Feast on God’s Word: A Call to Daily Scripture Meditation
ARTICLE • Discovering the lost art of meditating on Scripture will feed your soul, nourish your life, and strengthen your walk with God. Here’s how to get started.
Read time: 5 min

Lord of Life
POEM • A heartfelt prayer in the spirit of Augustine, “Lord of Life” expresses deep longing for Christ, the Bread, Fount, Light, and Word of Life, surrendering all lesser loves to receive his boundless grace.
Read time: 1 min

What’s Your Hope? How Jesus is Better than Winning the Powerball
DEVOTION • “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope” (Rom 15:13).
Read time: 3 min

Scripture and Transgender Identity Construction: How Genesis 1:26–27 Reorients a Subjective Sense of Gender Identity with Objective Reality
PAPER • This research paper explores the realignment of transgender self-perception with biblical anthropology, rooting one’s authentic identity in God’s original and immutable designs for biological males and females.
Read time: 81 min

Pursuing the Abundant Life in the Spirit
DEVOTION • “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple” (Ps 27:4).
Read time: 2 min

Christian Marital Counseling: Eight Approaches to Helping Couples
Book Summary • Everette L. Worthington Jr., editor, Christian Marital Counseling: Eight Approaches to Helping Couples (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2000). 254 pp. $31.
Read time: 12 min

The Plot of the Gospel of John
ARTICLE • Writing explicitly to inspire readers’ faith in Jesus Christ (John 20:31), the apostle John masterfully crafted the plot of his eyewitness account of Jesus’ ministry, death, and resurrection.
Read time: 6 min