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One of the Few Creationist Christian Universities

Jon Wadsworth — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:55 +0000

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A Brief Theology of Forgiveness

Jon Wadsworth — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:12:44 +0000

Forgiveness is a transaction that is necessary for our salvation. God’s forgiveness of us is the basis of our forgiveness of others. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is based on forgiveness. The way God forgives us is the pattern for all forgiveness. When Christ died on the cross, he exemplified the ultimate offer of forgiveness. Though He was not at that point actually forgiving all people, He was...

Book Review: When People Are Big and God Is Small by Welch

Jon Wadsworth — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:52:12 +0000

A RESPONSE TO “WHEN PEOPLE ARE BIG AND GOD IS SMALL” BY ED WELCH This book starts off with a story that I completely identified with. Too often I would sit at awards ceremonies wishing that they would not call my name because I was afraid of what everyone would think of me. Would they think I was a know-it-all? Would they think I had cheated? What would they think? I didn’t want to win anything. But as soon as the ceremony was over and they had not called my name, I immediately was upset that I didn’t win anything! I would wonder all over again what people thought of me. Would they think I am dumb? Would they think I am lazy? I was constantly controlled by the opinion of other people. I really liked that Ed Welch began with a story that made it very clear that we are controlled by what is important to us, and for most of us, people are most important.

Book Review: Living Purely by Binney

Jon Wadsworth — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:39:32 +0000

A RESPONSE TO “LIVING PURELY IN AN IMPURE WORLD” BY JIM BINNEY Binney starts off the book talking about the basics of sin in our lives. He says almost right away that there are only three causes for problems in the human experience: sin, sickness, and Satan, or a combination of these (p. 10). This caught me off guard. Right away I noticed that something was left out. What about the problems that happen in our life apart from those three things? What happens if something inconvenient and unexpected happens in our life and its cause cannot be relegated to either sickness or sin? Do we automatically assume that Satan is the instigator of our problems?

Book Review: Depression by Welch

Jon Wadsworth — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:22:18 +0000

A RESPONSE TO “DEPRESSION: A STUBBORN DARKNESS” BY ED WELCH The first three chapters of this book were extremely eye-opening for me. I have never known someone who was depressed and so have never interacted with the way that they feel and think. Depression, to me, seemed as simple as the sin of not trusting God. I thought that everyone who was depressed was going through the same thing. Welch sheds much light on the subject and explains that this is just not the case. He says that there is both a severe and a less severe form of depression.

Article Review: Biblical Counseling and Our Sufficiency in Christ by MacArthur

Jon Wadsworth — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:14:17 +0000

Overview John MacArthur does a great job in this article of asserting the sufficiency of Scripture to deal with all the problems we face both in and out of the counseling room. He purports that Psalm 19 is the most succinct yet complete argument the Scripture has for its own sufficiency. There are other passages that deal with the topic more thoroughly, but none in such a concise manner. He walks through each of the statements about Scripture and defines the terms to give clarity to the arguments. He points to other passages while defining each one to give his definitions solid ground on which to stand.

Article Review: The Bondage of Sin by Welch

Jon Wadsworth — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:08:16 +0000

Overview Ed Welch dissects the idea of our sin diving into how our sin affects us and what it looks like in our lives. In the introduction he looks at sin as our deepest problem. He uses Paul’s letter to the Ephesians as a springboard for his theology of sin. Welch starts out by identifying that sin is not the first thing that most of us think of when we try to point out our biggest problem. But he quickly reminds us that sin is what leaves us dead. There is nothing else that does that level of damage to us.

Article Review: X-ray Questions by Powlison

Jon Wadsworth — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:58:46 +0000

David Powlison addresses in this article the types of questions that are used in counseling. He begins the article with an illustration of the type of question that is most often asked and is least often helpful—why? This question is often asked and can have an array of answers. Why we do what we do is really the heart of problem in many cases. However, the “why” question rarely pulls the mind into gear to produce an answer that reflects what is truly going on in the heart.

Website Update

Jon Wadsworth — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:16:07 +0000

Check out my new website! I’ve just updated it again to include hundreds more resources. It’s filled with counseling and discipleship resources. Check back regularly to see all the resources available. www.biblicalcounselingresource.com Share and Enjoy:

Article Review: Culture of Peace by Sande

Jon Wadsworth — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:53:38 +0000

Ken Sande does a great job bringing the issue of reconciliation back into view. He begins with a very practical illustration of what church life is like in most churches. Conflict occurs. People get angry and hurt. No one attempts to reconcile the problem. People leave the church. This seems to be the process even [...]