Biblical Counseling Blog
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Loving My Neighbor? Seriously?
The foundation of the Christian life is our vital, daily, abiding relationship with the Lord. Intentionally demonstrating our love for Him through a thousand choices a day to focus on Him and give Him our trust and obedience. The second priority of the Christian life is to love our neighbor as ourself.
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Love is such a fascinating word. It’s probably one of the first words we learned as a child. It is perhaps one of the most commonly used words in our vocabulary. Often, our definition of love involves a feeling or emotion. But those are actually the effects of love, not the cause.
A New Year’s Resolution You Can Keep
New Year’s resolutions seem to be as much a part of our traditions for starting the New Year as collard greens, black-eyed peas and football. New Year’s resolutions also have their history in the early Christian church through John Wesley as a part of the “Watch Night” services held on New Year’s Eve.
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Holiday Survival Guide, Part 2
Christmas, as the song goes, is the most wonderful time of the year. Another carol adds children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile. At least that’s how it should be, right?
Holiday Survival Guide, Part 1
The holidays can be the best of times or the worst of times. When things are going well—the bills are paid, the job’s secure, the kids are healthy, our teams are winning—then we cannot wait for the holidays. But when things are not well, the holidays simply worsen the pain.