20 Quotes by David Powlison on Biblical Counseling
Powlison’s wisdom and his love for the Word transformed every way I approach pastoral care and counseling.
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Powlison’s wisdom and his love for the Word transformed every way I approach pastoral care and counseling.
The fundamental question in the midst of sorrow is, “What is a proper grieving from a biblical standpoint?”
The joy of ministry outweighs the hardship of ministry.
Pain and suffering are inevitable in this broken sin-tainted world. The question is, “What could I or should I say in those situations?”
The threats upon the family are implausible. The question we as Christians must ask is this: “What should be the response of the church?”
Abuse is sickening and is wrong. Any tricked, forced, manipulated or coerced activity for the pleasure of the abuser is satanic.
The heart of the matter is to whom/what is worship given and how does one’s life exert what one truly value?
There must be a genuine sense of grief and sorrow over the sin that was committed.
Pornography is evil. It is wrong, it is deadly, it distorts human sexuality, it is an assault upon human dignity. The moral consequences not just the secular world but even in American Evangelicals is devastating. Whether or not we are willing to overlook something like these repeated challenges, and is a scandal.
Huffington Post writes, “Porn sites has more regular traffics compared to Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined all together each month.”
This is a shocking reality. These are not angry fundamentalist conservative Christians but secular culture coming up with these statistics.