Theology

The Personal God Gets Personal with Us

The Personal God Gets Personal with Us

David Gunner Gundersen, Ed Welch, Jonathan Holmes

Book Notes: Volume 7

Book Notes: Volume 7

Michael Gembola

Using Chaos as a Metaphor in Counseling

Using Chaos as a Metaphor in Counseling

Help for Those Who Can’t Say No

Help for Those Who Can’t Say No

Hospitality: Every Christian’s Calling

Hospitality: Every Christian’s Calling

Restoring the Imago Dei in a Dehumanizing Age

Restoring the Imago Dei in a Dehumanizing Age

Content with Weakness: Paul’s Paradoxical Proposal

Content with Weakness: Paul’s Paradoxical Proposal

Life Together in Christ: Why Union with Jesus Changes Our Relationships

February 16, 2026

Life Together in Christ: Why Union with Jesus Changes Our Relationships

Darby Strickland, David Gunner Gundersen, Esther Liu

A Course on Human Identity

February 12, 2026

A Course on Human Identity

More Than a Proof Text: “God sees you.” (Genesis 16)

December 11, 2025

More Than a Proof Text: “God sees you.” (Genesis 16)

To the Scrupulous: Romans 14:23 Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

December 11, 2025

To the Scrupulous: Romans 14:23 Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

God’s Heavenly Court: Realities That Prepare Us for Battle

December 11, 2025

God’s Heavenly Court: Realities That Prepare Us for Battle

Book Review: Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health by Warren Kinghorn

August 21, 2025

Book Review: Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health by Warren Kinghorn

Michael Gembola

Resilience: Finding Strength in Weakness

August 21, 2025

Resilience: Finding Strength in Weakness

A Ministry of Presence: Someone Who Stays

August 21, 2025

A Ministry of Presence: Someone Who Stays

Darby Strickland

How Do We Flourish? | Lecture from Theology & Secular Psychology

How Do We Flourish? | Lecture from Theology & Secular Psychology

Book Notes: Volume 6

Book Notes: Volume 6

Michael Gembola

Using Exile as a Metaphor in Counseling

Using Exile as a Metaphor in Counseling

Using Scripture to Address Common Patterns of Thinking in OCD

Using Scripture to Address Common Patterns of Thinking in OCD

Book Notes: Volume 5

December 5, 2024

Book Notes: Volume 5

Michael Gembola

The Connection between Everyday Ministry and Counseling

December 5, 2024

The Connection between Everyday Ministry and Counseling

The Moses Dialogues: Knowing God as a Friend

December 5, 2024

The Moses Dialogues: Knowing God as a Friend

A Biblical Rationale for Embodied Spiritual Practices

A Biblical Rationale for Embodied Spiritual Practices

A Host of Scriptures for Every Hardship

December 1, 2023

A Host of Scriptures for Every Hardship

Alasdair Groves

Book Review: Faithful: A Theology of Sex

November 25, 2023

Book Review: Faithful: A Theology of Sex

How to Talk with God: Four Days in Psalm 22

November 25, 2023

How to Talk with God: Four Days in Psalm 22

Am I Doing This Right? What Lamentations Teaches Us about Grieving

November 25, 2023

Am I Doing This Right? What Lamentations Teaches Us about Grieving

More Than a Proof Text: “Blessed are those who are weary of the struggle.” (Matthew 5:3)

More Than a Proof Text: “Blessed are those who are weary of the struggle.” (Matthew 5:3)

The Unlikely Path from Shame to Boasting

The Unlikely Path from Shame to Boasting

Song of Songs: A Very Good Marriage

Song of Songs: A Very Good Marriage

Futility, Meaning, and Life under the Sun: Ecclesiastes for Everyday Life

Futility, Meaning, and Life under the Sun: Ecclesiastes for Everyday Life

God Loves a Complainer: A Case for Sharing Our Laments with Him

November 21, 2022

God Loves a Complainer: A Case for Sharing Our Laments with Him

More Than a Proof Text: “Your filthy clothes are gone.” (Zechariah 3)

More Than a Proof Text: “Your filthy clothes are gone.” (Zechariah 3)

Hope from Genesis: My Story of Miscarriage and Infertility

Hope from Genesis: My Story of Miscarriage and Infertility

The Lord Comes Near: Using the Name of the Lord in Counseling

The Lord Comes Near: Using the Name of the Lord in Counseling

Meat, Metacognition, and Mindfulness: A Reinterpretive Framework Using 1 Corinthians 8–10

Meat, Metacognition, and Mindfulness: A Reinterpretive Framework Using 1 Corinthians 8–10

Is Your Assurance under Assault?

Is Your Assurance under Assault?

Alasdair Groves

Why Should I Read Leviticus?

December 2, 2021

Why Should I Read Leviticus?

Alasdair Groves

What My Father Has Joined

November 23, 2021

What My Father Has Joined

Benediction: Living under God’s Good Word

November 23, 2021

Benediction: Living under God’s Good Word

Be Like Adam?

September 16, 2021

Be Like Adam?

"Do you not care?"—A Reflection on Suffering and the Heart of Christ

"Do you not care?"—A Reflection on Suffering and the Heart of Christ

In Pursuit of Hope

In Pursuit of Hope

Sanctification: Balancing Grace and Obedience through the Ages

Sanctification: Balancing Grace and Obedience through the Ages

Book Review

Book Review

Who Am I? How Should I Live?—Rethinking Identity in Christ

Who Am I? How Should I Live?—Rethinking Identity in Christ

Alexander C. Thermenos

The "Biblical" in Biblical Counseling

The "Biblical" in Biblical Counseling

Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners: Loving Others as God Loves Us

December 23, 2020

Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners: Loving Others as God Loves Us

God Is Making His People Good: Counseling and Virtue Formation

December 20, 2020

God Is Making His People Good: Counseling and Virtue Formation

Michael Gembola

More Than a Proof Text: “When you’re in the wilderness, God clings to you.” (Psalm 63)

December 20, 2020

More Than a Proof Text: “When you’re in the wilderness, God clings to you.” (Psalm 63)

Jacklyn Tubel, Wesley T. Tubel

What Is God Doing?

August 31, 2020

What Is God Doing?

40 Years Married

40 Years Married

The Fear of the Lord . . . for Today?

The Fear of the Lord . . . for Today?

What Is God Up To?: The Temptation to Overinterpret Suffering

What Is God Up To?: The Temptation to Overinterpret Suffering

Fear Is Not Sin

Fear Is Not Sin

Meditating for a Change: Embracing a Lost Art

Meditating for a Change: Embracing a Lost Art

God's Providence and Human Agency in Counseling

December 31, 2019

God's Providence and Human Agency in Counseling

Christian: You Are a Priest

September 25, 2019

Christian: You Are a Priest

Safe and Sound: Standing Firm in Spiritual Battles

September 13, 2019

Safe and Sound: Standing Firm in Spiritual Battles

The Priority of the Priesthood for Human Identity

August 31, 2018

The Priority of the Priesthood for Human Identity

More Than a Proof Text: “What is the deepest truth about who you are? God delights in you” (Zephaniah 3:17)

August 31, 2018

More Than a Proof Text: “What is the deepest truth about who you are? God delights in you” (Zephaniah 3:17)

Cecelia Bernhardt

Engaging Scripture with Alasdair Groves

Engaging Scripture with Alasdair Groves

Applying Difficult Passages

Applying Difficult Passages

More Than a Proof Text: God's Care for Burned-Out Servants (1 Kings 19:1-18)

More Than a Proof Text: God's Care for Burned-Out Servants (1 Kings 19:1-18)

The God of All Comfort

December 31, 2017

The God of All Comfort

Book Review

December 31, 2017

Book Review

Michael Gembola

Stand Up to the Powers of Darkness

August 31, 2017

Stand Up to the Powers of Darkness

How Does Sanctification Work? (Part 3)

How Does Sanctification Work? (Part 3)

“Everything”

“Everything”

The “Gift” of Singleness

February 13, 2017

The “Gift” of Singleness

What Can You Do When God Seems Far Away?

December 31, 2016

What Can You Do When God Seems Far Away?

The Manna from Heaven Is Christ, Your Daily Bread

December 31, 2016

The Manna from Heaven Is Christ, Your Daily Bread

The Dreaded S-Word: Submission and the Abuse of Authority

December 31, 2016

The Dreaded S-Word: Submission and the Abuse of Authority

Emmanuel Shall Come to You

December 21, 2016

Emmanuel Shall Come to You

Helping Those Who Are Angry with God

December 12, 2016

Helping Those Who Are Angry with God

God Is Changing Us—But How?

November 16, 2016

God Is Changing Us—But How?

What do I do when I'm afraid of making decisions?

September 18, 2016

What do I do when I'm afraid of making decisions?

I struggle with depression and avoid going to church. Can I be saved?

September 5, 2016

I struggle with depression and avoid going to church. Can I be saved?

Does God get upset when we disobey? (part 1)

September 1, 2016

Does God get upset when we disobey? (part 1)

Anger at God

August 31, 2016

Anger at God

More Than a Proof Text: “When you don't know what to do—put your eyes on God” (2 Chronicles 20:12)

August 31, 2016

More Than a Proof Text: “When you don't know what to do—put your eyes on God” (2 Chronicles 20:12)

How do we think biblically about the need for closure?

August 27, 2016

How do we think biblically about the need for closure?

On Martin Luther's First of the 95 Theses

August 22, 2016

On Martin Luther's First of the 95 Theses

How do we make Scripture personal?

August 14, 2016

How do we make Scripture personal?

What Is Paul Talking about in Romans 7?

August 12, 2016

What Is Paul Talking about in Romans 7?

You are a priest: Considering an underused identity

You are a priest: Considering an underused identity

Holiness Is Not Our Goal

Holiness Is Not Our Goal

How can I counsel someone who feels detached from God?

How can I counsel someone who feels detached from God?

What is idolatry?

What is idolatry?

On the Old Testament

On the Old Testament

How does God view people?

How does God view people?

Knowing the will of God

Knowing the will of God

Ed Welch, Mike Emlet

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and God's sovereignty

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and God's sovereignty

David Powlison, Winston Smith

Bad motives? No problem.

Bad motives? No problem.

Getting Oriented

Getting Oriented

Who Can Stand Before Jealousy?

Who Can Stand Before Jealousy?

The Dreaded S-Word: Submission and the Active Role of Helper

The Dreaded S-Word: Submission and the Active Role of Helper

More Than a Proof Text: “Jesus invites you to follow him—how will you respond?” (Luke 5:27)

More Than a Proof Text: “Jesus invites you to follow him—how will you respond?” (Luke 5:27)

More Than a Proof Text: “You feel ashamed—but Christ is the lifter of your head.” (Psalm 3:3)

More Than a Proof Text: “You feel ashamed—but Christ is the lifter of your head.” (Psalm 3:3)

It's complicated

It's complicated

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