Monthly Archives: February 2025

Using the Tools of Psalm 18 to Overcome Anxiety

Defuse Anxiety by Meditating on Psalm 18 1.   Read Psalm 18: List the ways you can see God rescuing David from his troubles and terror. (Terror—a cause of panic/anxiety) like when Saul was hunting him down to kill him. … Continue reading

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Deconstructing Their Faith

Introduction In recent months, I’ve been reading about your evangelicals (and some older ones) deconstructing their faith. This deconstructing is an interesting euphemism for departing the faith. The departing may be a literal, that is, a complete denial of the … Continue reading

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Disciplemaking: A Compact Model

NOTE: This blog is a chapter of a forthcoming book, The Gospel of Mark: A Fast-Paced How-to Discipleship Model. Projected publication, late spring/early summer. Mark 6 Introduction This chapter provides a compact model of discipleship. Remember that wise men inserted … Continue reading

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Paul the Counselor and the Voice of God

Introduction  Some four or five years ago, two men, Bill Hines and Mark Shaw, I had the privilege to mentor, edited a book and honored me by dedicating the work to me. That book was Paul the Counselor. As I … Continue reading

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