The Puritans called it soul care, we call it counseling. Everybody needs help once in a while. Recommended reading: The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks All Things for Good by Thomas Watson On Keeping the Heart by John Flavel The Crook in the Lot [...]

…..Counseling is not a science; it’s an art. In biblical terms, that means it is a function of divine wisdom. It does not conflict with true science, but reaches beyond science into venues about which the latter has no competence to speak….. … three major factors stand out: 1. Nouthetic counseling is the wise application [...]

Found quoted in Your Family God’s Way: Developing & Sustaining Relationships in the Home by Wayne A. Mack “Peacemakers… carry about with them an atmosphere in which quarrels die a natural death.” — R. T. Archibald Read this book together as a family and do the homework at the end of each chapter. I guarantee [...]

Laurie Bluedorn talks to some people at the University of Iowa campus on April 3, 2009. Why are you here on this planet? Why is life so hard? Do you think there is a divine purpose for your life? Have you ever watched the television show The View — it’s a program where celebrity women [...]

Taken from Spiritual Depression by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. “I suggest that we cross the line from self-examination to introspection when, in a sense, we do nothing but examine ourselves, and when such self-examination becomes the main and chief end of our life. We are meant to examine ourselves periodically, but if we are always doing [...]

What do you think of when you hear the word “Puritan”? Straight-laced, stern, legalistic, harsh. But did you know that the Puritans were the first, and some of the best biblical counselors? They wrote lots of practical books designed to bring comfort, hope, and help to the troubled lives of fellow believers. They called what [...]