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Counseling

Forceful Termination of Pastors

March 27, 2023

The number of ministers across denominational lines that either have or will experience forced termination is 1/3. 

Categories Blog Tags Church, Counseling, Depression, Jesus, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring

Pharisaical Heart of an Abusive Leader

February 17, 2023February 13, 2023

The sad reality is that these sorts of conversations I have as a pastor and as a biblical counselor are quite common.

Categories Blog Tags Conflict, Counseling, Depression, Family, Relationships, Suffering

Episode 32: Winning Over Wayward Christians

December 19, 2022

What do you do when the one you love is wayward? How do you go about having gospel conversation with family members? 

Tags Christianity, Church, Counseling, Discipleship, Gospel, Jesus, Suffering

8 Questions to Dig Deeper by Soul Searching

November 28, 2022

There is a sense of “fear of man” rather than “fear of God” There is a shrinking fear from those of wealth or position. There is a fear that someone will perhaps offend and drive punishment people away.

Categories Blog Tags Church, Church Health, Conflict, Counseling, Discipleship, Leadership, Pastoring

Episode 31: Church Hurt

November 7, 2022

Don’t want to be stuck in past circumstances, that influences the present moments, which unbales you to move towards the future opportunities.

Tags Church, Church Health, Counseling, Depression, Relationships, Suffering

Episode 30: Sexual Abuse in the Church

June 13, 2022

This is a topic that should be a burdensome and grievous topic for all of us. Difficult topic, yet by the grace of God and His help we want to talk about this idea of sexual abuse despite the secrecy surrounding this topic. 

Tags Counseling, Ministry, Pastoring

Oxymoron of a Bitter Unforgiving Christian

February 14, 2022

One of the greatest sins in the church may be a lack of forgiveness, which stems from pride, and it stems from not preaching the gospel to ourselves.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Conflict, Counseling, Depression, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Relationships

6 Ways God’s Grace Transforms One’s Life

July 19, 2021

How can we withstand the attacks of the enemy for such a time as this? How can we go forward with this as we are being sanctified in the image of Christ? 

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Church, Counseling, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Ministry, Pastoring

Episode 23: Destructive Nature of Private Sin

February 22, 2021

Dietrich Bonhoeffer puts it this way in his book Life Together, “Those who remain alone with their evil are left utterly alone.”

Tags Christianity, Church, Counseling, Discipleship, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Scripture, Theology, Truth
Jay Adams

Competent to Counsel: 10 Quotes by Jay Adams (1929–2020)

November 17, 2020

Jay Adam is known as the one who began the resurgence and championing the biblical counseling movement. His book, “Competent to Counsel” published in 1970 had revolutionized the way I have approached counseling with the supremacy of God’s Word (Scripture alone). 

Categories Blog Tags Biography, Christianity, Church, Counseling, Scripture
A Ministry Filled with Frustration

5 Ways to Deal with People Who Cause You Grief

August 10, 2020

Today, if you face any sort of difficulty with people, the world will say to take the highway. I believe Christians are called to take the higher way.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Church, Conflict, Counseling, Faith, Jesus, Pastoring, Suffering
Christians extending forgiveness.

Christians Ought to Forgive the Unlovable

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Forgiving others is a mark of genuine disciples of Christ.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Conflict, Counseling, Faith, Forgiveness, Gospel, Jesus, Leadership, Reconciliation
Heresy Advise "You be You"

Heretical Advice of “Just Be Yourself”

July 13, 2020

When we look deep down in the soul, what do we find? What part of our self are we supposed to be, “true to”?

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Counseling, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Ministry, Theology

20 Bible Verses For Faith Through Difficult Times

March 30, 2020

What Scripture or promise of God gets you through difficult situations?

Categories Blog Tags Anxiety, Bible, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Conflict, Counseling, Difficulty, Hardship, Jesus, Peace, Suffering, Trials, Tribulation

Can a Person Mess Up So Bad to be Disqualified from Ministry?

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020

Could someone who struggles with past sin be disqualified from preaching? At what point does a man who struggles with pornography be disqualified from ministry altogether? Can a man who is divorced or remarried be a leader in a church? Can he ever be restored again?

Categories Blog Tags Christianity, Counseling, Cross, Jesus, Ministry, Pastoring

Episode 10: Is Anxiety Sin? How Should Christians Respond?

November 25, 2019

The longer I’m in ministry, it seems like anxiety seems to be more prevalent in ministry. How could we deal with our anxiety? Where does anxiety come from?

Tags Anxiety, Counseling, Depression, Discipleship, Jesus, Pastoring, Suffering, Truth

How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think

June 17, 2019

The Bible abounds with the truth about worry, fear, and anxiety, although applying these truths can be a complex and difficult task.

Categories Blog Tags Anxiety, Counseling, Faith, Jesus, Truth, Worry

20 Quotes by David Powlison on Biblical Counseling

June 10, 2019

Powlison’s wisdom and his love for the Word transformed every way I approach pastoral care and counseling.

Categories Blog Tags Anxiety, Biblical Counseling, Church, Counseling, Depression, Ministry, Suffering

What is “Biblical Grief” for Christians Walking Through Sorrows?

May 21, 2019

The fundamental question in the midst of sorrow is, “What is a proper grieving from a biblical standpoint?”

Categories Blog Tags Biblical Counseling, Counseling, Faith, Grief, Jesus, Sorrow, Soul Care, Suffering, Trial, Tribulation

3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Pastor

January 17, 2020March 25, 2019

The joy of ministry outweighs the hardship of ministry.

Categories Blog Tags Church, Conflict, Counseling, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring

15 Words of Comfort for Those Walking Through Pain/Suffering

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

Pain and suffering are inevitable in this broken sin-tainted world. The question is, “What could I or should I say in those situations?”

Categories Blog Tags Christianity, Counseling, Depression, Pastoring, Suffering

How the Church Should Respond to Parents with Rebellious Teens

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019

The threats upon the family are implausible. The question we as Christians must ask is this: “What should be the response of the church?”

Categories Blog Tags Anxiety, Church, Church Health, Counseling, Depression, Discipleship, Family, Pastoring, Suffering, Training

How to Respond to Abuse in the Church

February 19, 2019February 18, 2019

Abuse is sickening and is wrong. Any tricked, forced, manipulated or coerced activity for the pleasure of the abuser is satanic.

Categories Blog Tags Abuse, Church, Counseling, Leadership, Ministry, Training

10 Best Counseling Quotes by Biblical Counselors

January 16, 2019January 14, 2019

The heart of the matter is to whom/what is worship given and how does one’s life exert what one truly value?

Categories Blog Tags Anxiety, Counseling, Depression, Faith, Gospel, Pastoring, Suffering
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Evangelica Sola is a Christian blog that incorporates a comprehensive look at doctrinal theology, christian living and the church’s disciple making mandate. Jonathan Hayashi (D.Ed.Min., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Senior Pastor of Northern Hills Baptist Church in the Greater KC area. Prior to that, he served at an inner-city church in Chicago, IL and the Greater St. Louis area for total 12 years in pastoral ministries. He is married to Kennedi and a father to three beautiful children.

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“Ordinary Radicals: A Return to Christ-Centered Discipleship” unfolds, with honest open-heart questions, how we think about the gospel in our lives. The gospel you believe, determines the disciple you make. Radical discipleship is about nothing more and nothing less than laying bare the roots of the gospel.

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